Walel Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Walel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
India131:59,005,029552,550
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Walel (35) may also be a first name.

Walel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻞ, Oriya: ୱାେଲଲ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Walel are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Walel is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wailel9122/
Waliel916/
Waleel915/
Waleld914/
Waelel912/
Walelp911/
Whalel910/
Wallel910/
Wailele833/
Wallelt831/
Waitlel830/
Balel802,969/
Walil80100/
Valel8060/
Wolel807/
Welel805/
Walhl802/
Wale'ele7725/
Ballel7318/
Vallel7315/
Bailel739/
Vailel738/
Valeel736/
Walill735/
Wollel735/
Valiel733/
Baleel732/
Watlil731/
Vualel731/
Wailil731/
Balell730/
Bealel730/
Woolel730/
Ballell67122/
Wallova673/
Vallell672/
Valelle671/
Beallel671/
Vailele671/
Baalell671/
Baileel671/
Whelell670/
Weilele670/

Walel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Walel in the Oriya language
ୱାେଲଲwaelala-
Walel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻟﻞwll50
ﻭﺍﻟﻞwall50

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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 Walel
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