The Welter surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,593 people carried this name — #6,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 684 people named Welter.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
288 people named Welter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 330 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
257 people named Welter live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 103 people named Welter live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Welter.
- Welcker 120 · U.S. census
- Welker 8,306 · U.S. census
- Weller 16,916 · U.S. census
- Welsch 2,781 · U.S. census
- Welscher 102 · U.S. census
- Welte 1,155 · U.S. census
- Weltin 142 · U.S. census
- Welty 4,751 · U.S. census
- Weltz 575 · U.S. census
- Weltzer 106 · U.S. census
- Wenck 623 · U.S. census
- Wendel 5,293 · U.S. census
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