The Welch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 108,987 people carried this name — #284 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,710 people counted. That is up 3% from 105,804 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Welch surname
A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Welch» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Welch live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in La Pampa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Welch.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Welch is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Welch in American newspapers,
1919–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,185,636 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Welch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margaret Ann Sutton d. 1947 · botanical collector
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David Welch d. 1847 · naval officer
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Norman A. Welch d. 1964 · internist
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Alice Jane Westropp d. 1905
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George Edmund Welch d. 1944
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Thomas Welch 1642–1699
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Welch.
- Weisskopf 183 · U.S. census
- Weissler 215 · U.S. census
- Weissmann 604 · U.S. census
- Weisz 2,555 · U.S. census
- Weiter 106 · U.S. census
- Weitz 3,141 · U.S. census
- Welcker 128 · U.S. census
- Welker 8,566 · U.S. census
- Weller 13,774 · U.S. census
- Welsch 2,857 · U.S. census
- Welscher 111 · U.S. census
- Welte 1,212 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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