Walex Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Walex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walex (1,030) may also be a first name.
Walex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walex Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walex is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walex? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Walex reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walex is also the 249,988th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 1,030 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 22 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Walex occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Egypt, where 7 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 Walex
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