Wailala Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Wailala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wailala (19) may also be a first name.
Wailala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wailala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wailala is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wailala live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wailala is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name Wailala is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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 Wailala
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