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 last name Wailala occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wailala.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 used first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Wailala exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
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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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