Welker
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd./mnd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɛɫkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Welker is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Berufsname zu mhd./mnd. walker, welker 'Walker'; auch Herkunftsname zu Welka, Welkau. 1568 Belege. k/ck-Variation.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Welker is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Belegte Form im Guttural-/Konsonantenwandel; Kernform mit Varianten Wel(c)ker, Hut(h)welker, Welkers, Wälker. 1812 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In Dutch, whose, of whom
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin Welkerb. 1819USUnion Army soldier (1819–1902)
- Herman Welkerb. 1906USAmerican politician (1906-1957)
- Heinrich Welkerb. 1912DEGerman quantum physicist (1912–1981)
- Frank Welkerb. 1946USAmerican actor (born 1946)
- Michael Welkerb. 1947DEGerman theologian
- Kristen Welkerb. 1976USAmerican television journalist (born 1976)
- Wes Welkerb. 1981USAmerican football player and coach (born 1981)
- Regina Welkerb. 1984DEGerman film director
- Duke Welkerb. 1986USAmerican baseball player
- Kylie Welkerb. 2003USAmerican wrestler (born 2003)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8.6K | #4,138 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.3K | #3,929 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.1K | #4,238 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 415 | #20,101 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 98 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 84 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 82 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 70 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 67 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Welker?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɛɫkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Welker mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd./mnd.
- In which country does Welker have the most bearers?
- Welker is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Welker?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/welkerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Welker”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.