How common is the surname Welliver?

1,345 people in the United States had the surname Welliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. It ranked 19,945th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welliver?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welliver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Welliver?

Titus Welliver, American actor (born 1962).

Where is the surname Welliver most common?

Wikidata records people named Welliver in the United States.

Is the surname Welliver getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,345 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Welliver

A surname, carried by 1,345 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welliver is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,345 people named Welliver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

#19,945

rank among US surnames

1,345

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,447)

Who is named Welliver

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

94% of people named Welliver identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wellivers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Titus Welliver
American actor (born 1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welliver

Wellborn

Welliver has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Questions

How common is the surname Welliver?: 1,345 people in the United States had the surname Welliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. It ranked 19,945th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welliver?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welliver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Welliver?: Titus Welliver, American actor (born 1962).
Where is the surname Welliver most common?: Wikidata records people named Welliver in the United States.
Is the surname Welliver getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,345 in 2010, down 2.7%.