Walaï Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Walaï Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Walai (573) are calculated separately.
Walaï Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walaï Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walaï is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Walai. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walaï? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walaï is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Walaï are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 88 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 13 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 11 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 Walaï
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