Walekya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Walekya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Walekya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walekya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walekya is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walekya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Walekya occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Walekya live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Walekya is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Walekya
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