How common is the surname Welcome?

2,181 people in the United States had the surname Welcome in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Welcome getting more or less common?

More common. 1,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Welcome

A surname, carried by 2,181 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welcome is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,181 people named Welcome in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,981.

#13,855

rank among US surnames

2,181

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,980)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497
#13,855	Brenes	2,181	141,561
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626

Who is named Welcome

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

46% of people named Welcome identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 46%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Welcome?: 2,181 people in the United States had the surname Welcome in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welcome?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Welcome identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Welcome getting more or less common?: More common. 1,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, up 10%.