The Wellman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,260 people carried this name — #3,208 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,993 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wellman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the wellman’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 801 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

39 people named Wellman is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 39

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

Wellman in American newspapers,
1910–1922.

Newspaper page from The Democratic Banner carrying the name Wellman
The Democratic Banner 1910-10-21
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Wellman
New-york Tribune 1910-10-19
Newspaper page from The Big Sandy News carrying the name Wellman
The Big Sandy News 1922-05-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Wellman in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

4,952 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wellman. The most, 1,252, date from the 1900s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,495
New South Wales 1,251
Western Australia 1,063
South Australia 500
Queensland 432
Tasmania 187
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wellman.

Who carried it

People named Wellman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fidelia Marshall
    Fidelia Marshall 1800–1840
  • Flora London
    Flora London 1843–1922
  • Samuel T. Wellman
    Samuel T. Wellman 1847–1919 · businessperson
  • Francis Lewis Wellman
    Francis Lewis Wellman 1854–1942 · lawyer
  • Francis Lewis Wellman
    Francis Lewis Wellman 1856–1942 · lawyer
  • Harvey R. Wellman d. 1988 · diplomat

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wellman,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States827 records

827 records of the Wellman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 394
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 153
  • Other U.S. records 280
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Douglas C. Wellman

    Born 1926 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; motion picture projectionist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Doroth Wellman

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1846 aboard the Emily Taylor from Bremerhaven, aged 28; farmer. From Schledehausen, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph R. Wellman

    Born 1931; from Adair County, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 827 records for Wellman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia117 records

117 records of the Wellman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 56
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • Other Australian records 33
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Wellman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Phoenix, sailing from England in 1824. Native of Wokingham, Berkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Wellman

    Arrived in Queensland in 1869 aboard the Royal Dane, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William J. C. Wellman

    Gentleman of Blackburn, Victoria; died 1953.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 117 records for Wellman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada23 records

23 records of the Wellman name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 7
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 12
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Wellman

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Scandavian, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Minnie Elsie Wellman

    Buried in 1968 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Roy Oscar Miner Wellman

    Died 1959 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 23 records for Wellman in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands15 records

15 records of the Wellman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 11
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Berend Wellman

    Died 1944 in Meppel, aged 70; plasterer.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Margaretha Louisa Wellman

    Died 1865 in Den Helder, aged 57.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Cecilie Dorethea Margaretha Wellman

    In the population register of Groenlo; born 1824.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcentrum Achterhoek en Liemers (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Wellman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Wellman name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. J. Wellman

    Sapper, Jval Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record M. Wellman

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Wellman

    Lance Corporal. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Wellman in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Wellman name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Charles Wellman

    Died 1919, aged 76; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Wellman in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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