Waela Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Waela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Waela (62) may also be a first name.
Waela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waela is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Waela occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Waela reside; 41 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 41 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 62 people.
The surname Waela is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Waela
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