Walamu Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Walamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walamu (87) may also be a first name.
Walamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walamu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walamu is the 2,580,327th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Walamu live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 87 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Walamu is most frequent in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waalamu | 92 | 150 | / |
| Wahlamu | 92 | 24 | / |
| Walamau | 92 | 10 | / |
| Walamus | 92 | 4 | / |
| Walameu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Walamou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waliamu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waliamou | 86 | 10 | / |
| Walyamou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Waallamu | 86 | 8 | / |
| Wahalamu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wallamou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Waslamuh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wathlamu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Balamu | 83 | 841 | / |
| Valamu | 83 | 30 | / |
| Walomu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Welamu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Balamou | 77 | 17,135 | / |
| Wolamou | 77 | 451 | / |
| Ballamu | 77 | 32 | / |
| Balamau | 77 | 22 | / |
| Vallamu | 77 | 19 | / |
| Walamoe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Balaamu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waliomu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Valamuu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bailamu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Balamuh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Valamou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balammu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balamuj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balyamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baulamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ballamou | 71 | 269 | / |
| Balahamu | 71 | 56 | / |
| Balyamui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ballahmu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balammau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Welemu | 67 | 371 | / |
| Bolamu | 67 | 155 | / |
| Wohlamuth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wolomu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Velamu | 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 Walamu
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