Walley Surname
Approximately 9,582 people bear this surname
Walley Surname Definition:
(English) 1 Dweller at the Wall (Embankment) Island or Low Riparian Land [Old English w(e)all + íg, ég] The Domesday name of Wallasey (Cheshire) was Walea.
2 for Whalley, q.v.
Walley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,282 | 1:57,698 | 6,846 |
| England | 1,963 | 1:28,384 | 3,836 |
| Australia | 313 | 1:86,248 | 9,971 |
| Canada | 198 | 1:186,089 | 18,399 |
| Liberia | 188 | 1:23,450 | 2,315 |
| Wales | 167 | 1:18,530 | 1,992 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 1:51,458 | 8,272 |
| South Africa | 87 | 1:622,732 | 46,743 |
| Ireland | 55 | 1:85,617 | 4,914 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Scotland | 48 | 1:111,538 | 7,348 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,379 | 1:17,676 | 2,559 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:58,089 | 2,880 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 680 | 1:73,851 | 7,909 |
Walley (576) may also be a first name.
Walley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 Dweller at the Wall (Embankment) Island or Low Riparian Land [Old English w(e)all + íg, ég] The Domesday name of Wallasey (Cheshire) was Walea.
2 for Whalley, q.v.
(English) A variant of Whaley, q.v.
Walley Demographics
Average Walley Salary in
United States
$39,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walley occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walley? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,309th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 760,545 people. Walley is mostly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Walley are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Walley is also the 349,109th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 576 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,282 people, or 1 in 57,698. In The United States it is most frequent in: Mississippi, where 27 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Alabama, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Walley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Walley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Walley last name grew 924 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 142 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 619 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 550 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Walley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (90%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Walley surname are 2.05% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.18% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Walley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 125.69% more than the national average, earning R 536,328 per year; in United States they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $39,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.74% more than the national average, earning $56,014 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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