Walego Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Walego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Walego (58) may also be a first name.

Walego Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walego is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Walego.

How Common Is The Last Name Walego? popularity and diffusion

Walego is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Walego occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Walego reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Walego is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent given name globally, held by 58 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Bougainville, where 50 percent reside and Hela, where 50 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 31 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walega83719/
Waligo83624/
Balego83337/
Welego83132/
Valego83104/
Walago8384/
Walogo8325/
Waliggo771,236/
Ballego77257/
Vallego77222/
Balhego77132/
Wailogo7729/
Waulogo7720/
Walligo774/
Wallega773/
Balegou773/
Wallago772/
Waligoa772/
Valiego772/
Waliogo772/
Wailago771/
Waligoi771/
Walegga771/
Waleaga771/
Waaligo771/
Waleega771/
Walegha771/
Walogho771/
Vallegos71108/
Ballegoy7124/
Balheigo716/
Valleigo713/
Walliggo712/
Walecgga712/
Waleegga711/
Walehgga711/
Valega671,681/
Balega67780/
Walaga67478/
Waliga6791/
Baligo6788/
Wologo6775/
Bolego6771/
Waloga6760/
Welega6751/
Walyga6715/
Ballegooy6714/
Valago674/
Welogo674/
Valogo672/
Velego672/
Wolega671/
Wałega671/
Walaheega670/

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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 Walego
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