Wailo Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Wailo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Waïlo (2) are calculated separately.
Wailo (164) may also be a first name.
Wailo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wailo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wailo has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant: Waïlo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Wailo reside; 65 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 65 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wailo is also the 715,247th most frequent first name globally, borne by 164 people.
Wailo is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Wailo is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 35 percent are found, National Capital District, where 20 percent are found and Bougainville, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Wailo occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Malawi, where 7 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 Wailo
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