Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Auckland (2,113)
- Canterbury (1,653)
- Otago (1,171)
- Waikato (919)
- Wellington (915)
- Nelson (715)
- Taranaki (421)
- Manawatu Wanganui (366)
- Marlborough (195)
- Northland (179)
- West Coast (173)
- Gisborne (96)
- Bay of Plenty (56)
- Southland (51)
- Tasman (40)
- Hawke's Bay (4)
All countries
- United Kingdom (315,895)
- United States (282,226)
- Australia (14,301)
- New Zealand (9,335)
- Canada (6,495)
- France (5,105)
- Unknown country (4,864)
- Ireland (3,907)
- Netherlands (1,923)
- Germany (1,111)
- Italy (552)
- Belgium (527)
- Switzerland (402)
- India (330)
- Spain (314)
- Colombia (280)
- Latvia (193)
- Mexico (193)
- China (178)
- Denmark (171)
- Russian Federation (156)
- Sweden (154)
- Peru (137)
- Austria (127)
- Greece (122)
- Indonesia (101)
- Argentina (97)
- Philippines (88)
- Poland (88)
- Uruguay (84)
- Egypt (81)
- Bermuda (74)
- Brazil (74)
- Jamaica (72)
- South Africa (72)
- Portugal (69)
- Turkey (68)
- Estonia (65)
- Paraguay (63)
- Korea, Republic of (58)
Origine of last name
WELLS : 1: English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset) both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring stream’ or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.2: Americanized form (translation into English) of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dupuis">Dupuis</a> ‘from the well’.
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