Wailis Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wailis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wailis (13) may also be a first name.
Wailis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wailis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wailis is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wailis are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wailis is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 2,241,512. In Indonesia Wailis is most frequent in: Jakarta, where 46 percent live, Riau, where 37 percent live and West Sumatra, where 14 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Wailis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wailis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wailis last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wailis
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