Walison Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Walison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1251:1,417,14254,922
Netherlands671:252,04732,252
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Walison (9,249) may also be a first name.

Walison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walison occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walison? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,038,570th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Walison reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walison is also the 64,556th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 9,249 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria Walison is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 99 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Walison Last Name Statistics demography

Walison earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.

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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 Walison
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