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 found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Walete are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name on earth, held by 29 people.
The surname Walete is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 99 percent are found and West New Britain, where 1 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea Walete occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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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