Surname Checker / Welch
How Common Is the Last Name Welch?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Welch today
120,673
Ranked #284 of 162,254 published surnames · 36.95 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 108,987 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
83.47%
Black
10.44%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.55%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.