Walasa Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Walasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 146 | 1:108,561 | 8,496 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Walasa (104) may also be a first name.
Walasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walasa (Marathi: बाळासाहेब, Oriya: ୱାଲାସା) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walasa? popularity and diffusion
Walasa is the 796,486th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. The last name Walasa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Walasa reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most common first name worldwide, held by 104 people.
The last name Walasa is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 108,561. In Zambia Walasa is most common in: Western Province, where 40 percent reside, Central Province, where 39 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walasa in the Marathi language | ||
| बाळासाहेब | balasaheba | - |
| Walasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲାସା | walasa | 59.57 |
| ୱାଲସା | walasa | 38.3 |
| ବାଲାସା | balasa | 2.13 |
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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 Walasa
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