How common is the surname Welke?

1,115 people in the United States had the surname Welke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welke?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Welke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Welke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, down 8.5%.

The surname Welke

A surname, carried by 1,115 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welke is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,115 people named Welke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,219.

#22,944

rank among US surnames

1,115

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,298)

Who is named Welke

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

96% of people named Welke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welke

Welke has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Questions

How common is the surname Welke?: 1,115 people in the United States had the surname Welke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welke?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Welke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Welke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, down 8.5%.