Waleyo Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Waleyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Waleyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waleyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waleyo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waleyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waleyo is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waleyo reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Waleyo is primarily found in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Waleyo occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 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
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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 Waleyo
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