Walecha Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Walecha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walecha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2951:2,600,22281,894
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Walecha Last Name Facts

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

Walecha (Hindi: वलेचा, Marathi: वालेचा) occurs most in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walecha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 889,654th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name Walecha is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Walecha reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 2,600,222. In India Walecha is most common in: Delhi, where 57 percent live, Maharashtra, where 16 percent live and Haryana, where 8 percent live. Besides India this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Walecha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walecha has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Walecha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Walecha in the Hindi language
वलेचाvaleca-
Walecha in the Marathi language
वालेचाvaleca82.61
वलेचाvaleca13.04
वालेछाvalecha4.35

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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
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  • 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 Walecha
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