Wellman Family History
Wellman Name Meaning
English: variant of Well, with the addition of
man ‘man’, i.e. ‘man who lived by a stream’.Variant
spelling of German Wellmann.Swedish: ornamental name
composed of an unexplained first element (found as a place-name
element, of various possible origins) + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wellman
Name Distribution of Wellman Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wellman families
 74 - 146  25 - 73 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wellman families
|
70 - 137 24 - 69 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wellman last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wellman Family Origin
Wellman Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wellman
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Wellman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Wellman Civil War Service Records
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