Walaia Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Walaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Walaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walaia is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Walaia occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Walaia are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Walaia is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Walaia is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 88 percent live and Milne Bay, where 13 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Walaia is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 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
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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 Walaia
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