Wallah Surname
Approximately 1,795 people bear this surname
Wallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 520 | 1:343,546 | 6,846 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Nigeria | 338 | 1:524,091 | 25,846 |
| Liberia | 280 | 1:15,745 | 1,641 |
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Iran | 58 | 1:1,323,837 | 55,038 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wallah (294) may also be a first name.
Wallah Demographics
Wallah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wallah has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wallah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 226,224th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,059,914 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Wallah live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 514,566th most widely held first name globally, borne by 294 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 520 people, or 1 in 343,546. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 65 percent live, Balochistan, where 28 percent live and Punjab, where 3 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 19 percent live.
Wallah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wallah has changed through the years. In England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wallah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wallah
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