How common is the surname Welker?

8,566 people in the United States had the surname Welker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,043 Americans. It ranked 4,138th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Welker?

Frank Welker, American actor (born 1946), followed by Kristen Welker.

Where is the surname Welker most common?

Wikidata records people named Welker in the United States.

Is the surname Welker getting more or less common?

More common. 8,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,566 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Welker

A German surname, carried by 8,566 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welker is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Welker.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,566 people named Welker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,043 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,306.

#4,138

rank among US surnames

8,566

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,929)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951
#4,130	Harbin	8,587	35,955
#4,131	Molnar	8,586	35,959
#4,132	Gough	8,584	35,968
#4,133	Bandy	8,582	35,976
#4,134	Moncada	8,574	36,010
#4,135	Chavira	8,573	36,014

Who is named Welker

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

94% of people named Welker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Welkers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Welker
American actor (born 1946)
Kristen Welker
American television journalist (born 1976)
Wes Welker
American football player and coach (born 1981)
Herman Welker
American politician (1906-1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welker

Welker has the Soundex code W426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W426.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Welker come from?: Borrowed from German Welker.
How common is the surname Welker?: 8,566 people in the United States had the surname Welker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,043 Americans. It ranked 4,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Welker?: Frank Welker, American actor (born 1946), followed by Kristen Welker.
Where is the surname Welker most common?: Wikidata records people named Welker in the United States.
Is the surname Welker getting more or less common?: More common. 8,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,566 in 2010, up 3.1%.