Welcome Family Name and Heraldry

Welcome began as an English family name. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who came from Welcombe (valley with a stream), in Devonshire”.

• About 2,181 people in the United States were recorded as Welcome in 2010, placing it 13,855 on the national list. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.
• Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

Heraldry and the Welcome name

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Welcome name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. For the full story, order the Welcome surname pack.