Walangi Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Walangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
Walangi (152) may also be a first name.
Walangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walangi (Oriya: ୱାଲାି) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walangi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walangi is the 908,336th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Walangi live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Walangi is also the 746,252nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 152 people.
The last name Walangi is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Simiyu Region, where 97 percent reside, Geita Region, where 2 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walangi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walangi in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲାି | walai | 55.56 |
| ୱାଲା | wala | 44.44 |
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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 Walangi
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