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Welcome Surname Meaning

English: habitational name from Welcombe (Devon) or Welcombe in Stratford (Warwickshire). The placenames derive from Old English wella ‘well spring stream’ + cumb ‘valley’.

English: nickname from Middle English welcum ‘welcome’ (Old English wilcume) applied to someone who habitually used this expression.

English: perhaps an altered form of the medieval name Welkempt from Middle English wel kempt literally ‘well-combed’ extended to mean ‘neat well-dressed’.

Altered form (translation into English) of French Bienvenu.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Welcome families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Welcome family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Welcome families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 51 Welcome families living in Sussex. This was about 67% of all the recorded Welcome's in United Kingdom. Sussex had the highest population of Welcome families in 1891.
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What did your Welcome ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Welcome. 100% of Welcome women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 811 immigration records available for the last name Welcome. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 5,000 military records available for the last name Welcome. For the veterans among your Welcome ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Welcome lifespan?

Between 1952 and 2004, in the United States, Welcome life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1954, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Welcome in 1952 was 49, and 82 in 2004.

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