Walami Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Walami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Nepal | 8 | 1:3,560,120 | 10,569 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Walami (98) may also be a first name.
Walami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walami is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Walami click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walami? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walami is the 1,943,350th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Walami is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Walami live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 24 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 956,749th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 98 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 63 percent live and North Region, where 38 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Nepal, where 9 percent live.
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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 Walami
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