Welcome Family History
Welcome Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Devon and
Warwickshire called Welcombe, from Old English well(a)
‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cumb ‘broad, straight valley’.English: nickname for a well-liked person or one noted for his
hospitality, from Middle English welcume, a calque of Old
French bienvenu or Old Norse velkominn.Translated
form of Canadian French Bienvenue, found in New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Welcome Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Welcome families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Welcome families
|
27 - 51 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Welcome families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Welcome census records
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Welcome Family Origin
Welcome Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Welcome
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Welcome Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Welcome census records
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