Walaku Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Walaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
India101:76,706,538639,611
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Walaku (156) may also be a first name.

Walaku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walaku (Hindi: वालकु, Marathi: वालकू) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Walaku.

How Common Is The Last Name Walaku? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,785,358th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Walaku occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Walaku reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Walaku is also the 735,679th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 156 people.

The surname Walaku is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea Walaku is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 67 percent are found, East Sepik, where 31 percent are found and Madang, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walakau9224/
Walakou921/
Walakhuh864/
Walaukou863/
Walhakau861/
Valaku8331/
Waleku832/
Welaku831/
Valakou7799/
Balakcu7728/
Walokau7711/
Valakhu777/
Vallaku777/
Valakut772/
Welakeu772/
Valakku771/
Vailaku771/
Balyaku771/
Baliakou7143/
Valiakou7132/
Balakhuh711/
Vallakku711/
Velaku6759/
Valacu6727/
Balacu6715/
Weloku675/
Bailakkhu674/
Woloku671/
Uelaku671/
Valyakhuu671/
Woleku671/

Walaku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Walaku in the Hindi language
वालकुvalaku80
वालकूvalaku20
Walaku in the Marathi language
वालकूvalaku38.46
वाळकूvalaku30.77
वाळकुvalaku15.38
वालकुvalaku7.69
कालकुkalaku7.69

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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 Walaku
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