Walas Surname
Approximately 6,176 people bear this surname
Walas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 5,172 | 1:7,349 | 949 |
| United States | 452 | 1:801,900 | 61,806 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Argentina | 81 | 1:527,696 | 38,577 |
| Philippines | 67 | 1:1,511,018 | 105,084 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Walaś (85) are calculated separately.
Walas (2,598) may also be a first name.
Walas Demographics
Walas Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Walas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walas (Arabic: والاس, Hindi: वालासा, Oriya: ୱାଲସ) is found most in Poland. It can be rendered as a variant: Walaś. Click here to see other possible spellings of Walas.
How Common Is The Last Name Walas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 79,049th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,179,978 people. Walas occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Walas are found; 84 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Walas is also the 144,266th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 2,598 people.
The last name is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 5,172 people, or 1 in 7,349. Excluding Poland this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Walas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Walas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,511 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 4,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Walas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Walas last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Walas are 18.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.57% registered with the political party.
The amount Walas earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 27.2% more than the national average, earning R 302,268 per year; in United States they earn 14.14% more than the national average, earning $49,251 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $51,574 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walas in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲସ | walasa | - |
| Walas in the Hindi language | ||
| वालासा | valasa | 50 |
| वालसा | valasa | 50 |
| Walas in the Arabic language | ||
| والاس | walas | - |
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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
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- 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 Walas
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