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The welch Surname

welch Name Meaning and History

  1. English: ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh.
  2. German: variant of Welk.
  3. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Welsch.

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welch Family Facts

Distribution of welch Families in the US in 1920
Number of welch families
 784-1566
 262-783
 1-261
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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