Walelah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Walelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Walelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walelah is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walelah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Walelah live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Walelah is most common in: Trans Nzoia County, where 50 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 50 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Walelah
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