The surname Wellons
A surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W452
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,270 people named Wellons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,177.
#20,792
rank among US surnames
1,270
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+7.9%
change since 2000 (was #20,854)
Who is named Wellons
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
57% of people named Wellons identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 57%
- Black (not Hispanic) 38%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wellons
Wellons has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.
Questions
- How common is the surname Wellons?
- 1,270 people in the United States had the surname Wellons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wellons?
- In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Wellons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Wellons getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 7.9%.