Walime Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Walime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Walime (39) may also be a first name.
Walime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walime (Oriya: ୱାଲିେମ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walime? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Walime reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Walime is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 39 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 73 percent live, Western, where 20 percent live and West New Britain, where 7 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walime in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲିେମ | waliema | - |
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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 Walime
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