Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Auckland (2,175)
- Otago (1,752)
- Wellington (1,270)
- Canterbury (956)
- Manawatu Wanganui (841)
- West Coast (417)
- Waikato (280)
- Taranaki (278)
- Gisborne (206)
- Bay of Plenty (165)
- Nelson (146)
- Marlborough (132)
- Southland (112)
- Northland (54)
- Hawke's Bay (1)
All countries
- Ireland (341,737)
- United States (117,415)
- United Kingdom (84,155)
- Australia (28,116)
- Canada (11,614)
- France (10,183)
- New Zealand (9,248)
- Unknown country (1,354)
- Germany (650)
- Belgium (622)
- Italy (593)
- Spain (584)
- Switzerland (543)
- Netherlands (443)
- China (362)
- Mexico (264)
- Russian Federation (258)
- India (232)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (216)
- Colombia (171)
- Austria (130)
- Argentina (129)
- South Africa (98)
- Paraguay (97)
- Poland (94)
- Jamaica (87)
- Turkey (86)
- Cuba (79)
- Greece (69)
- Haiti (68)
- Egypt (65)
- Portugal (56)
- Gibraltar (49)
- Peru (48)
- Philippines (48)
- Brazil (46)
- Indonesia (41)
- Sweden (40)
- Malta (39)
- Denmark (38)
Origine of last name
WALSH : 1: English and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English walshe (Old English wælisc) ‘foreign Welsh’. This form of the name was generally more common than <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Welsh">Welsh</a> especially in Ireland where it originally denoted a Welsh-speaking immigrant in particular any of the Welshmen who arrived in the wake of Strongbow's Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170. In Ireland it is sometimes also a translation of Breathnach ‘Briton’.2: English: in Yorkshire and Lancashire the name is sometimes a shortened form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Walshaw">Walshaw</a>.
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