Walakan Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Walakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
Walakan (11) may also be a first name.
Walakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walakan occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walakan is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Walakan are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Walakan is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 47 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walakhan | 93 | 29 | / |
| Walaikan | 93 | 3 | / |
| Walyakan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wualakan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Walatkhan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Waslakhan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Valakan | 86 | 23 | / |
| Walakon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Walokan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Walakohn | 80 | 3 | / |
| Walakone | 80 | 2 | / |
| Valaikan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Walakong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Valakane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Balakhanh | 75 | 29 | / |
| Valadkhan | 75 | 8 | / |
| Balakhaan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bolakan | 71 | 89 | / |
| Wolokan | 71 | 75 | / |
| Balacan | 71 | 71 | / |
| Walokon | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bahllakhan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Welekan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Valacan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Velakan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Valakasing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wailaikham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Valakon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wallecan | 67 | 173 | / |
| Hualacan | 67 | 170 | / |
| Balaican | 67 | 123 | / |
| Valakone | 67 | 29 | / |
| Balokhan | 67 | 11 | / |
| Valekhan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Valacand | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bailakon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wallacon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balaqean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ballacan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ballokan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wollokan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balahcan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhelakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balacann | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Walakan
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