How common is the surname Welty?

4,876 people in the United States had the surname Welty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,319 Americans. It ranked 6,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welty?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Welty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Welty?

Eudora Welty, American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001), followed by Ron Welty.

Where is the surname Welty most common?

Wikidata records people named Welty in the United States.

Is the surname Welty getting more or less common?

More common. 4,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,876 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Welty

A surname, carried by 4,876 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welty is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,876 people named Welty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,319 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,751.

#6,894

rank among US surnames

4,876

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,887	Sattler	4,879	63,280
#6,888	Gloria	4,878	63,293
#6,892	Siu	4,877	63,306
#6,894	Welty	4,876	63,319
#6,896	Abramson	4,875	63,332

Who is named Welty

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

95% of people named Welty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weltys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)
Ron Welty
American drummer, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welty

Welty 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 Welty?: 4,876 people in the United States had the surname Welty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,319 Americans. It ranked 6,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welty?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Welty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Welty?: Eudora Welty, American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001), followed by Ron Welty.
Where is the surname Welty most common?: Wikidata records people named Welty in the United States.
Is the surname Welty getting more or less common?: More common. 4,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,876 in 2010, up 2.6%.