Waala Surname
Approximately 1,465 people bear this surname
Waala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,251 | 1:73,490 | 6,720 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| Uganda | 76 | 1:513,675 | 29,105 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Waala (290) may also be a first name.
Waala Demographics
Average Waala Salary in
United States
$40,087 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waala is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waala is the 266,766th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,974,434 people. The surname Waala occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Waala are found; 85 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Waala is also the 518,802nd most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 290 people.
The surname Waala is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,251 people, or 1 in 73,490. Outside of Egypt it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.
Waala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Waala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waala surname expanded 2,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Waala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Waala last name are 41.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.46% registered with the party.
Waala earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.1% less than the national average, earning $40,087 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waala
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