Walaye Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Walaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Walaye (72) may also be a first name.
Walaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walaye? popularity and diffusion
Walaye is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Walaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Walaye live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walaye is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 72 people.
The surname Walaye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Walaye is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Walaye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent are found and Chad, where 8 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 Walaye
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