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    The surname Welte

    A surname, carried by 1,212 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W430

    Welte: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Welte #21,535, 1,212 people Welte: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Welte #21,535, 1,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welte is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,212 people named Welte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,155.

    #21,535
    rank among US surnames
    1,212
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,176)

    Who is named Welte

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

    98% of people named Welte identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Welte

    Welte has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Welte?
    1,212 people in the United States had the surname Welte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. It ranked 21,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Welte?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Welte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Welte getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,212 in 2010, up 4.9%.