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
Walex occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walex? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Walex occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Walex live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 249,988th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 1,030 people.
The surname is most prevalent 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 are found. Other than Nigeria Walex occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 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 Walex
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