Surname Welles (Welles 
, ולס 
, Уэллс 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare last name. The family name Welles is characteristic of Suriname, where it is quite a common surname, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, and Israel. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Netherlands, and Israel. Much less frequently, Welles is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Welles | Brazil, United States, Austria, Germany, Netherlands |
| ולס | Israel |
| Уэллс | Belarus, Russia |
| ウェルズ | Japan |
| adam de welles English baron and soldier (b. 1250) |
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| robert de welles, 2nd baron welles 13th and 14th-century English nobleman (b. 1296) |
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| john welles (1334-1361) (b. 1334) |
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| john de welles, 5th baron welles English baron (b. 1352) |
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| eudo de welles (1387-1417) (b. 1387) |
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| john welles English MP (died by 1515/18) (b. 1401) |
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| robert welles, 8th baron willoughby de eresby English peer, GB (b. 1405) |
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| lionel de welles, 6th baron welles English baron, GB (b. 1406) |
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| william welles Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1410) |
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| richard de welles, 7th baron welles English nobleman and rebel, GB (b. 1428) |
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| john welles English Lancastrian (b. 1450) |
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| thomas welles Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, US (b. 1590) |
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| john welles, of stratford, ct (1622 - certain Aug 1659) (b. 1622) |
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| mary welles (15 Jul 1630 - 3 Jul 1700) (b. 1630) |
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| samuel welles 13 Apr 1660 Wethersfield, Connecticut - 28 Aug 1731 (b. 1660) |
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