Walewa Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Walewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea621:131,51218,033
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Walewa Last Name Facts

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

Walewa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Walewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Walewa is the 2,237,939th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Walewa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Walewa reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Western, where 63 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 29 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walehwa9297/
Waliewa925/
Walaewa921/
Walewacz86109/
Wallewad867/
Waliwa83238/
Welewa8382/
Walawa8367/
Walewe8317/
Walewo838/
Valewa831/
Weleway7748/
Waloway7737/
Walesua7735/
Waalawa7731/
Wailawa7728/
Walawai7710/
Waloiwa779/
Walhawa777/
Waliawa777/
Walowai776/
Walawau774/
Valewad774/
Walyowa773/
Waleeba772/
Walieva772/
Wauliwa771/
Weulewa771/
Waileba771/
Bailewa771/
Walawah771/
Balewah771/
Waslywa771/
Walaway771/
Waliwai771/
Valiewa771/
Baleiwai71421/
Wailehua7154/
Baleywah716/
Waliwast711/
Wayleave711/
Wallaiwa711/
Waylewis711/
Wallaway710/
Valleway710/
Valeva673,136/
Baleva672,233/
Baleba671,013/
Valeba6731/
Walevo6727/
Waliva6716/
Walowo679/
Waliwo679/
Walawo679/
Balewi677/
Walowá676/
Waliwe675/
Walava673/
Walebi673/
Waleby673/
Weleva672/
Waleve671/
Walive671/
Volewa671/
Walavo671/
Wolewo671/

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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 Walewa
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