Walama Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Walama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Walama (974) may also be a first name.
Walama Demographics
Average Walama Salary in
South Africa
R 25,404
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Walama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walama (Oriya: ୱାଲାମା) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walama is the 542,751st most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Walama live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walama is also the 258,233rd most commonly held given name internationally, held by 974 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Borno, where 67 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 25 percent are found and Gombe, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Walama occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Walama Last Name Statistics demography
Walama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.31% less than the national average, earning R 25,404 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walama in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲାମା | walama | 87.5 |
| ୱଲାମା | walama | 12.5 |
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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 Walama
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