Waliama Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Waliama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 87 | 1:530,803 | 26,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
Waliama (28) may also be a first name.
Waliama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waliama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waliama is most common in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waliama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,806,862nd most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. Waliama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Waliama reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname Waliama is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 530,803. In Kenya Waliama is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 89 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Waliama occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 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 Waliama
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