Waleka Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Waleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Waleka (38) may also be a first name.
Waleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waleka (Marathi: वालेकर) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waleka.
How Common Is The Last Name Waleka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 807,857th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name Waleka occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Waleka are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Waleka is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 38 people.
The last name Waleka is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 266,038. In Tanzania Waleka is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waleka in the Marathi language | ||
| वालेकर | valekara | - |
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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 Waleka
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