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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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The welch name in History

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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.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 2212 - Messages: 5079
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St.James Missouri/Welch's Tricia Welch 24
WELCH - William Rowland Welch tlggg 0
Dr. Benjamin A. Welch, Union, stationed in Knoxville, TN lereagan 5
William Welch vghelerter 1
Abisha Basil Martha Jane Cappy Welch Bev Skoff 2
James Welch, B: 1814 NY, D: 1898 MI jrpalm99 5
Vine Welch hclewd 11
John Welch- Ireland to Ontario chrised152 0
Joseph B Welch-Wisconsin lyndentacoma 4
WELCH Otis G 1878 at 55 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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