Walahun Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Walahun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Walahun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

Walahun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Walahun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Walahun is most common in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walahun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Walahun are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Walahun is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Walahun is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 44 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balahun8666/
Ballahun805/
Wahlahum801/
Wallahum800/
Walohon713/
Wolohoun6736/
Balohoun671/
Baloyun576/
Balojun573/
Balyoun571/
Valioun571/
Boulaoun531/
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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 Walahun
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