Walda Surname
Approximately 2,531 people bear this surname
Walda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Netherlands | 576 | 1:29,318 | 4,835 |
| Cameroon | 251 | 1:82,745 | 10,094 |
| Poland | 240 | 1:158,370 | 22,385 |
| Germany | 227 | 1:354,650 | 34,247 |
| United States | 225 | 1:1,610,929 | 108,055 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Pakistan | 44 | 1:4,060,088 | 28,888 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 69 | 1:727,807 | 46,603 |
Walda (5,890) may also be a first name.
Walda Demographics
Average Walda Salary in
United States
$50,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﺪﻩ) has its highest incidence in Chad. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Walda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 170,322nd most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,879,315 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 43 percent of Walda are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 86,745th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 5,890 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is held by 770 people, or 1 in 17,652. Besides Chad this surname occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Walda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Walda has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Walda surname grew 326 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Walda Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Walda last name are 18.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Walda earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.18% more than the national average, earning $50,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $52,242 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﺪﻩ | alwaldh | 38.46 |
| ﻭﺍﻟﺪﻩ | waldh | 23.08 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﺪﺓ | alwaldt | 23.08 |
| ﻭﻟﺪﻩ | wldh | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﺪ | alwald | 7.69 |
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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
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- 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 Walda
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