Walar Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Walar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Pakistan | 42 | 1:4,253,426 | 29,680 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Walar (82) may also be a first name.
Walar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walar is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walar is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Walar is mostly found in Oceania, where 48 percent of Walar reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,060,447th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 82 people.
The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 93,721. In Papua New Guinea Walar is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 57 percent reside, East New Britain, where 30 percent reside and West New Britain, where 10 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Walar
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