Welker surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Welker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,566 people carried this name — #4,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,306 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 315 people named Welker.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Haut-Rhin 189
Vosges 37
Bas-Rhin 23
Meurthe-et-Moselle 19
Paris 13
Marne 5
Moselle 4
Nord 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Welker live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 15
Vaud 13
Zurich 13
Lucerne 4
Schwyz 4
Aargau 3
Bern 3
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Welker in American newspapers,
1877–1919.

Newspaper page from The Dillon Tribune carrying the name Welker
The Dillon Tribune 1884-12-06
Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Welker
The Southern Herald 1919-01-24
Newspaper page from Vicksburg Weekly Herald carrying the name Welker
Vicksburg Weekly Herald 1877-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,910 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Welker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernst Welker
    Ernst Welker 1788–1857 · painter
  • Ernst Welker
    Ernst Welker 1788–1857 · painter
  • Martin Welker
    Martin Welker 1819–1902 · judge
  • A Welker 1829–1884 · artist
  • Theodore D. Welker 1840–1891 · writer
  • Johann Wilhelm Welker 1870–1962 · donor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Welker.

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