Walingan Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Walingan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walingan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1911:530,04360,758
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851

Walingan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Walingan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Walingan is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walingan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,185,157th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Walingan are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 530,043. In The Philippines Walingan is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 38 percent live, Davao Region, where 32 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 18 percent live. Barring The Philippines this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

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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 Walingan
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