Walazi Surname
Approximately 722 people bear this surname
Walazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Tanzania | 234 | 1:226,246 | 18,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Walazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walazi is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Walazi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walazi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walazi is the 466,165th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Walazi reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Walazi is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Barring Malawi Walazi is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Walazi
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