How common is the surname Welter?

4,729 people in the United States had the surname Welter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. It ranked 7,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Welter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Welter?

Alexandre Welter, Brazilian sailor, followed by Jennifer Welter.

Where is the surname Welter most common?

Wikidata records people named Welter in Brazil and the United States.

Is the surname Welter getting more or less common?

More common. 4,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,729 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Welter

A surname, carried by 4,729 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welter is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,729 people named Welter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,593.

#7,080

rank among US surnames

4,729

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #6,763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260
#7,078	Walley	4,730	65,274
#7,080	Silas	4,729	65,288
#7,084	Botelho	4,726	65,329

Who is named Welter

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

96% of people named Welter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Welters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexandre Welter
Brazilian sailor, born 1953
Jennifer Welter
American football player and coach (born 1977)

Notable Welters come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welter

Welter has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

Questions

How common is the surname Welter?: 4,729 people in the United States had the surname Welter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. It ranked 7,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Welter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Welter?: Alexandre Welter, Brazilian sailor, followed by Jennifer Welter.
Where is the surname Welter most common?: Wikidata records people named Welter in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Welter getting more or less common?: More common. 4,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,729 in 2010, up 3.0%.