Walak Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Walak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 617 | 1:61,603 | 9,661 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Walak (530) may also be a first name.
Walak Demographics
Average Walak Salary in
United States
$44,846 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walak (Arabic: ولاك, Hindi: वालका) is found in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Walak.
How Common Is The Last Name Walak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 417,348th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,748,555 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Walak live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 366,410th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 530 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Poland, where it is held by 617 people, or 1 in 61,603. Outside of Poland it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
Walak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Walak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Walak surname expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Walak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Walak are 22.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.19% registered with the party.
Walak earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $44,846 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walak in the Hindi language | ||
| वालका | valaka | - |
| Walak in the Arabic language | ||
| ولاك | wlak | - |
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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 Walak
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