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    The surname Welle

    A surname, carried by 1,329 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W400

    Welle: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Welle #20,099, 1,329 people Welle: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Welle #20,099, 1,329 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welle is more common than 87.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,329 people named Welle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,323.

    #20,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,329
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,040)

    Who is named Welle

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

    89% of people named Welle identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Welle

    Welle has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Welle?
    1,329 people in the United States had the surname Welle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. It ranked 20,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Welle?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Welle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Welle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,329 in 2010, up 0.5%.