Walete Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Walete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Walete (29) may also be a first name.
Walete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walete is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,075,631st most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Walete reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Walete is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
The last name Walete is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 99 percent reside and West New Britain, where 1 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Walete
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