Walilya Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Walilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Walilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walilya is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walilya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walilya is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Walilya live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Walilya is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 75 percent are found and Morobe, where 25 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 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 Walilya
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