Waleni Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Waleni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waleni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda521:750,75536,601
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Waleni (64) may also be a first name.

Waleni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waleni is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waleni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,394,033rd most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Waleni is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Waleni are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Waleni is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 64 people.

The surname Waleni is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 750,755. In Uganda Waleni is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 75 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 21 percent are found and Butaleja District, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 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
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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 Waleni
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