Walelo Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Walelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1181:448,65831,304
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Walelo Last Name Facts

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

Walelo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walelo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Walelo is the 1,189,614th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Walelo occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Walelo live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Walelo is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 448,658. In Tanzania Walelo is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 79 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found and Geita Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walielo921/
Walela835,589/
Walilo834,066/
Valelo83861/
Balelo83649/
Walylo8375/
Welelo8357/
Walolo8334/
Walalo8332/
Wolelo831/
Waliela7766/
Walalyo7735/
Balelou778/
Baulelo775/
Waleela775/
Ballelo774/
Vallelo774/
Wallilo773/
Balelio773/
Walelah773/
Wualela772/
Waililo772/
Wailela771/
Wailalo771/
Walilou771/
Waleula771/
Valelio770/
Waleilia7162/
Waililio719/
Watleela715/
Walehela711/
Walelacz711/
Wahalela711/
Waleulla711/
Waileila711/
Welela6715,673/
Wolela6713,476/
Balela675,172/
Balilo673,350/
Valecillo671,860/
Valela671,144/
Walala671,026/
Bolelo67601/
Velelo67595/
Walila67347/
Valylo6784/
Walola6760/
Valilo6758/
Valesillo6719/
Waliło6714/
Welalo678/
Welilo672/
Ualela672/
Valleillo672/
Waleullah672/
Welola672/
Uelelo671/
Volelo671/
Wolilo671/
Valalo671/
Valeillos671/

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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 Walelo
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