Walefia Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Solomon Islands
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Walefia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Walefia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Solomon Islands321:18,1263,487
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Walefia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walefia has its highest incidence in The Solomon Islands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walefia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Walefia is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Walefia live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Solomonic Oceania.

The surname is most widespread in The Solomon Islands, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 18,126. In The Solomon Islands it is mostly found in: Malaita Province, where 100 percent live. Not including The Solomon Islands it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walafia861/
Walefea861/
Walafiah8023/
Waleafea8019/
Walafio71164/
Welefio7121/
Balefio714/
Wolofia711/
Wayleefeyea671/
Balifio57774/
Wolofio574/
Uolofia572/
Boulifia532/
Balifajjo501/
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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 Walefia
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