Welter is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Welter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Variants of Walter (qv) carried in Lower Germany and the Netherlands.

How popular is Welter?

Welter is common in France.

Welter is ranked 20495 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Welter bearers increased by 2.961028 per cent in 2010 US census to 4729 since 2000, the surname slipped by 317 spots and ranked at 7080. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.07 96.97
Hispanic or Latino 1.67 0.91
Others 1.21 0.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.44
Black 0.32 0.26
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.44
Welter is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 25322 people have been found who wears Welter as their family name. Welter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
38,459 New Zealand7
615,517 Russia6
67,494 South Africa3
35,969 Denmark2
15,999 Slovakia2
40,064 Nigeria2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
18,718 Thailand2
717 Bhutan1
492,292 Ukraine1
18,969 Wales1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
1,704,541 India1
34,581 Chile1
7,191 Afghanistan1
17,768 Pakistan1
10,190 Bahrain1
5,916 Mozambique1
53,505 Turkey1
2,309 Monaco1
11,510 Oman1
480 Micronesia1
40,340 Malaysia1
66,560 Philippines1
1,572 Macau1
16,640 Hong Kong1
36,814 Romania1
38,841 Scotland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
42,479 Greece1
25,721 Egypt1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
21,712 Sweden44
9,524 Portugal37
11,387 Ireland22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
60,099 England59
38,452 Spain57
Countries with hundreds of Welter:
28 Luxembourg580
6,568 Netherlands421
15,860 Poland382
3,015 Switzerland378
6,631 Belgium275
14,400 Canada261
2,362 Paraguay227
19,046 Mexico183
6,872 Austria183
31,005 Argentina164
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Welter:
1,871 Brazil8,125
1,157 Germany6,456
6,233 United States6,239
8,821 France1,016
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Comments

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Roxane Kline
Welterweight is a name of Alsace-Lorraine, representing a variation of walter, itself form regional north and east of Gautier: personal name of Germanic origin waldhari, consists of Waldan = govern and hari which means army.

Welter Namesakes

  • Ariadna Welter, Movie actress
  • Ariadna Welter, Movie actress
  • Marion Welter, Singer
  • Ferdi Welter, Actor
  • Fleur Welter, Film producer
  • Gerardus Jacob Welter, Linda Christian's father
  • Gerardus Jacob Welter, Linda Christian's brother
  • Charles Welter, Dutch Politician
  • Jennifer Welter, Football player
  • Lony Welter, Screenwriter

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