Waldu Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Waldu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waldu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Waldu (40) may also be a first name.

Waldu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Waldu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Waldu has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldu? popularity and diffusion

Waldu is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname Waldu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Waldu reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 40 people.

The surname Waldu is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 100,663. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 93 percent live, National Capital District, where 4 percent live and Western Highlands, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 4 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Waldu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Waldu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waldau911,001/
Waldou9124/
Waldup913/
Walldau8324/
Waldoup831/
Waldaus831/
Wasyldu831/
Waldouh830/
Woldu8052,247/
Baldu80214/
Valdu8042/
Waldhaus77454/
Waldhous770/
Baldau73269/
Baldou73243/
Valduz73161/
Balduy7324/
Baldeu7322/
Baldui7320/
Valdus7318/
Valdau7317/
Wouldu734/
Woldau734/
Valdou731/
Woldou731/
Wolldu731/
Valdut731/
Baldhu731/
Balldu731/
Waldoe730/
Waldoo730/
Valdeus6712/
Baldouh675/
Valduss674/
Wouldou673/
Valduiz672/
Valdeuz671/

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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 Waldu
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