Walaim Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Walaim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
Walaim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walaim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walaim occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walaim? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walaim is the 2,605,694th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Walaim live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 88 percent reside and West New Britain, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea Walaim exists in one country. It also occurs in France, where 22 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 Walaim
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