Last Name WELK

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Meaning	Nickname: The whelk. The 'k' is intrusive.

Origin	English, Jewish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	14,335 (2000 US census)	12,920 (1990 US census)

Count	1,916 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.24%, or 1844 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.73%, or 14 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 26 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.84%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Scottish surnames

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