Walleh Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Walleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walleh (20) may also be a first name.
Walleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walleh is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Walleh is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Walleh is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Walleh are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia Walleh is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent live, Maryland County, where 31 percent live and Grand Kru County, where 19 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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 Walleh
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