Weld Surname
Approximately 2,688 people bear this surname
Weld Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the weld,' from residence thereby. A woody or stubbly waste, a wold; compare Fenn; v. also Weale.
Walter de la Wolde, Fines Roll, 11 Edward I.
John atte Welde, Rot.
Read More About This SurnameWeld Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,916 | 1:189,175 | 18,771 |
Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
Canada | 122 | 1:302,013 | 27,942 |
Ireland | 104 | 1:45,278 | 3,395 |
England | 103 | 1:540,952 | 33,556 |
Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
Honduras | 16 | 1:551,028 | 3,526 |
Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 110 | 1:221,594 | 16,923 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 921 | 1:54,526 | 6,124 |
Weld (1,296) may also be a first name.
Weld Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the weld,' from residence thereby. A woody or stubbly waste, a wold; compare Fenn; v. also Weale.
Walter de la Wolde, Fines Roll, 11 Edward I.
John atte Welde, Rot. Pat., 4 Edward III. pt.
Willelmus del Weld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1614. James Welde: Register of the University of Oxford.
1632. Sir John Cutts and Anne Weld: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1656. Married — William Kery and Roes Weld: St. Mary Aldermary.
(English) Dweller at a Weald or Forest [Old English weald] John atte Welde.—Pat. Rolls, A.D. 1330.
Willelmus del Weld.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
Richard Welde, sherman.—Chester Freemen, A.D. 1563-4.
(English) One who came from Weald (woodland), the name of several places in England; dweller at a woodland.
"Founded," says Mr. Shirley, "by William Weld, sheriff of London in 1352." His posterity were seated at Eaton, co. Chester, till the reign of Charles II. Lulworth, co. Dorset, was purchased in 1641. Noble and Gentle Men.
A wood, sometimes written Weald, the woody part of a country.
(English), Wood, Forest; also Plain.
Weld Demographics
Average Weld Salary in
United States
$48,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weld Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weld (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﺪ) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weld? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weld is the 161,904th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,711,141 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Weld live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 218,669th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 1,296 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 1,916 people, or 1 in 189,175. In The United States Weld is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Weld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weld has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 208 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 5,200 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it decreased 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weld Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Weld are 8.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.04% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Weld earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.21% more than the national average, earning 447,178 kr per year; in United States they earn 12% more than the national average, earning $48,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 74.63% more than the national average, earning $86,763 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Weldt | 89 | 945 | / |
Weild | 89 | 200 | / |
Wield | 89 | 193 | / |
Weald | 89 | 104 | / |
Welld | 89 | 4 | / |
Hweld | 89 | 1 | / |
Woeld | 89 | 0 | / |
Waeld | 89 | 0 | / |
Weltd | 89 | 0 | / |
Wld | 86 | 8 | / |
Wieldt | 80 | 72 | / |
Wellds | 80 | 6 | / |
Weldch | 80 | 2 | / |
Wealed | 80 | 1 | / |
Woeldt | 80 | 1 | / |
Weildt | 80 | 1 | / |
Weelds | 80 | 0 | / |
Weldte | 80 | 0 | / |
Wild | 75 | 69,892 | / |
Veld | 75 | 2,536 | / |
Wyld | 75 | 1,832 | / |
Welt | 75 | 1,814 | / |
Beld | 75 | 1,039 | / |
Wled | 75 | 167 | / |
Wldt | 75 | 1 | / |
Wldh | 75 | 1 | / |
Ueld | 75 | 1 | / |
Welte | 67 | 6,288 | / |
Wildt | 67 | 3,650 | / |
Oueld | 67 | 2,228 | / |
Veldt | 67 | 1,201 | / |
Welcz | 67 | 258 | / |
Waild | 67 | 226 | / |
Whild | 67 | 141 | / |
Whyld | 67 | 133 | / |
Velds | 67 | 118 | / |
Wielt | 67 | 89 | / |
Beldt | 67 | 49 | / |
Wehlt | 67 | 41 | / |
Welth | 67 | 34 | / |
Willd | 67 | 20 | / |
Beeld | 67 | 14 | / |
Beldì | 67 | 13 | / |
Wildh | 67 | 5 | / |
Belld | 67 | 5 | / |
Wealt | 67 | 4 | / |
Wiltd | 67 | 2 | / |
Veldz | 67 | 1 | / |
Wayld | 67 | 1 | / |
Wellt | 67 | 1 | / |
Weult | 67 | 1 | / |
Weilt | 67 | 0 | / |
Woelt | 67 | 0 | / |
Wildd | 67 | 0 | / |
Vield | 67 | 0 | / |
Weld Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
---|---|---|
Weld in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
ﻭﻟﺪ | wld | - |
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