The Welty surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,876 people carried this name — #6,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,751 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Welty.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 print
Welty in American newspapers,
1912–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,027 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Welty,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin F. Welty 1870–1962 · politician -
Eudora Welty 1909–2001 · photographer -
Cora Gottschalk Welty 1876–1951 · writer
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Melba Mildred Welty 1890– · writer
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Joel Carl Welty 1901–1986 · writer
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Eberhard Welty 1902–1965 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Welty.
- Weller 13,774 · U.S. census
- Welsch 2,857 · U.S. census
- Welscher 111 · U.S. census
- Welte 1,212 · U.S. census
- Welter 4,729 · U.S. census
- Weltin 144 · U.S. census
- Weltz 472 · U.S. census
- Weltzer 106 · U.S. census
- Wenck 609 · U.S. census
- Wendel 5,572 · U.S. census
- Wender 412 · U.S. census
- Wendling 3,855 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Welty is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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