Wala Forename
16,500th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 57,117 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Nepal
Wala Forename Definition:
A North American Indian name, meaning: The great chief.
Wala Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 93% | 19,389 | 1:4,740 | 545 |
| Nepal | 61% | 13,192 | 1:2,159 | 352 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,916 | 1:3,813 | 627 |
| Pakistan | 99% | 4,877 | 1:39,852 | 2,479 |
| India | 77% | 4,041 | 1:300,638 | 27,915 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 830 | 1:213,933 | 9,050 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 803 | 1:10,152 | 1,011 |
| Cameroon | 71% | 670 | 1:32,254 | 2,435 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 377 | 1:684,254 | 47,199 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 368 | 1:62,706 | 4,360 |
| Thailand | 99% | 311 | 1:225,292 | 14,201 |
| Afghanistan | 63% | 283 | 1:115,277 | 3,759 |
| Qatar | 100% | 115 | 1:20,605 | 3,045 |
| DR Congo | 60% | 103 | 1:716,773 | 23,137 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 99 | 1:72,242 | 6,147 |
| United States | 94% | 89 | 1:4,073,449 | 54,214 |
| Brazil | 100% | 61 | 1:3,512,068 | 61,694 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 48 | 1:14,102 | 1,214 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Burkina Faso | 57% | 37 | 1:496,742 | 16,963 |
| Philippines | 93% | 36 | 1:2,944,708 | 59,101 |
| Sweden | 91% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Senegal | 92% | 23 | 1:633,972 | 7,404 |
| England | 62% | 21 | 1:2,647,758 | 30,513 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Niger | 83% | 16 | 1:1,199,000 | 17,651 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 16 | 1:1,903,121 | 56,176 |
| Liberia | 88% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Jordan | - | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7 | 1:7,790,378 | 138,656 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Canada | 100% | 5 | 1:6,626,674 | 58,631 |
| Wales | - | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Oman | 100% | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Poland | 95% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Uganda | 50% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Germany | 74% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Netherlands | 50% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
The alternate forms: Walá (1) are calculated separately.
Wala (31,708) may also be a surname.
Wala Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A North American Indian name, meaning: The great chief.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Wala Forename Popularity
Wala Demographics
Average Wala Salary in
United States
$43,656 USD
Per year
Rank:
199,529 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.54199E-5
Rank: 54,894 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
100.29%
Sample size: 48 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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