Walome Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Walome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Walome (28) may also be a first name.
Walome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walome occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walome? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Walome live; 63 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The surname Walome is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 80 percent live and West New Britain, where 20 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 13 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
- 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 Walome
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