Wally Forename
18,217th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 50,949 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gambia
Wally Forename Definition:
The usual pet-form of Walter, though before the present century the more general diminutive was Wat or Walter.
Wally Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 90% | 18,638 | 1:19,451 | 1,608 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,987 | 1:13,837 | 798 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,112 | 1:6,481 | 916 |
| DR Congo | 55% | 2,917 | 1:25,309 | 1,959 |
| Philippines | 97% | 2,349 | 1:45,130 | 3,415 |
| Australia | - | 2,167 | 1:6,303 | 750 |
| Gambia | - | 1,692 | 1:1,139 | 216 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,517 | 1:141,224 | 7,033 |
| Italy | 69% | 837 | 1:72,954 | 1,609 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Netherlands | 50% | 811 | 1:20,841 | 1,975 |
| Egypt | 95% | 737 | 1:124,696 | 5,337 |
| New Zealand | - | 660 | 1:6,873 | 854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78% | 657 | 1:12,408 | 1,249 |
| South Africa | 95% | 652 | 1:83,639 | 7,219 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 445 | 1:23,441 | 2,090 |
| England | 99% | 400 | 1:139,007 | 4,678 |
| Mali | 100% | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Haiti | 100% | 312 | 1:34,381 | 2,516 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 209 | 1:39,299 | 1,953 |
| Senegal | 79% | 199 | 1:73,273 | 2,419 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 131 | 1:122,965 | 2,417 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 131 | 1:27,102 | 1,042 |
| Chile | 89% | 121 | 1:145,514 | 3,124 |
| Norway | 100% | 107 | 1:47,966 | 2,012 |
| China | - | 105 | 1:13,010,055 | 59,871 |
| Belgium | 85% | 96 | 1:119,688 | 3,776 |
| Indonesia | - | 83 | 1:3,107,996 | 141,162 |
| France | 95% | 80 | 1:830,879 | 7,084 |
| Sweden | 96% | 73 | 1:135,040 | 5,356 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Venezuela | 90% | 61 | 1:495,113 | 13,340 |
| Mexico | 54% | 60 | 1:2,069,074 | 12,147 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 58 | 1:397,861 | 16,009 |
| Israel | 72% | 57 | 1:147,420 | 5,316 |
| Jamaica | - | 54 | 1:53,393 | 2,955 |
| Argentina | 93% | 53 | 1:807,042 | 4,677 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 52 | 1:91,691 | 3,059 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 50 | 1:608,999 | 24,959 |
| Peru | 56% | 50 | 1:635,829 | 10,301 |
| Austria | 100% | 48 | 1:177,379 | 2,825 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 42 | 1:565,945 | 29,765 |
| Hong Kong | - | 36 | 1:215,353 | 3,327 |
| India | 97% | 34 | 1:35,731,705 | 689,842 |
| Niger | 61% | 33 | 1:581,333 | 11,149 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 31 | 1:697,113 | 20,420 |
| Ireland | 75% | 28 | 1:165,840 | 3,486 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Panama | 100% | 23 | 1:169,850 | 6,950 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 23 | 1:670,601 | 27,250 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| El Salvador | - | 22 | 1:288,263 | 3,425 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 19 | 1:9,345,493 | 111,831 |
| Qatar | 100% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Zambia | - | 18 | 1:880,822 | 15,021 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Honduras | 78% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Spain | 100% | 15 | 1:3,101,998 | 13,742 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 15 | 1:90,761 | 6,535 |
| Congo | 100% | 14 | 1:357,800 | 7,134 |
| Uruguay | 86% | 14 | 1:244,831 | 4,102 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Russia | 100% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Croatia | 70% | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| Liberia | 50% | 12 | 1:367,672 | 10,977 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 7 | 1:5,408 | 486 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Mauritania | 80% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Colombia | 50% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Czechia | 67% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Wally (18,005) may also be a surname.
Wally Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The usual pet-form of Walter, though before the present century the more general diminutive was Wat or Walter.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Wally Forename Popularity
Wally Demographics
Average Male Wally Height
176.09 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 574 (2014)
Average Female Wally Height
163.94 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 18 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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