Walliah Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Walliah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walliah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Walliah Last Name Facts

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

Walliah occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walliah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Walliah is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Walliah live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

Walliah is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 76 percent reside and National Capital District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waliah921,239/
Waljiah8631/
Valliah867/
Walihah866/
Waliha77278/
Valiah77144/
Wahlia7747/
Walija7717/
Waleah7716/
Waliho7713/
Wallya777/
Waliea775/
Waljah771/
Balihah7183/
Whaleah7148/
Ballija7126/
Wayleah7118/
Walaiya7116/
Wahalia718/
Vallija715/
Wallijo711/
Walijat711/
Walijai711/
Walihad711/
Wealeah711/
Walijja711/
Walihou711/
Valieah711/
Valliha711/
Waleaha711/
Valleah710/
Walya67618/
Walaijai6712/
Ballaiya6712/
Walja676/
Vallaiya673/
Balijaha671/
Vallegia671/
Waliyoha671/

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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 Walliah
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