Walawe Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Walawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Walawe (22) may also be a first name.
Walawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walawe (Marathi: वाळवे) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walawe? popularity and diffusion
Walawe is the 618,896th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Walawe are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Walawe is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 22 people.
The last name Walawe is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Excluding Sri Lanka Walawe is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walawe in the Marathi language | ||
| वाळवे | valave | - |
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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 Walawe
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