Walobo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Walobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Walobo (13) may also be a first name.

Walobo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walobo is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walobo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Walobo is the 4,307,654th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Walobo live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walobo is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name globally, held by 13 people.

The last name Walobo is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 56 percent are found and Enga, where 44 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wahloubo861/
Walubo83806/
Balobo83579/
Valobo83141/
Walebo8363/
Walabo8330/
Wolobo8326/
Waloba835/
Walyabo77206/
Walaboa7731/
Wallebo7722/
Walioba7715/
Walabou778/
Walobah778/
Ballobo775/
Wholobo772/
Wolobod771/
Walooba771/
Woloboi771/
Wailoba771/
Walhabou718/
Walloova711/
Vallobos711/
Ballobou711/
Baloubou711/
Bolobo67716/
Walaba67390/
Waluba67290/
Balabo67221/
Weloba67154/
Baloba67129/
Waleba6759/
Wolebo6743/
Balubo6739/
Welebo6714/
Woloba6713/
Valabo678/
Wolabo676/
Welabo671/
Waluvo671/
Valebo671/
Volobo671/
Walavo671/

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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 Walobo
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