Walawu Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Walawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Walawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walawu occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walawu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walawu is the 2,312,869th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Walawu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Walawu live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 93,799. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 60 percent are found, Gbarpolu County, where 21 percent are found and Bong County, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found.
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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 Walawu
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