Walu Surname
Approximately 5,216 people bear this surname
Walu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,465 | 1:53,651 | 5,959 |
| DR Congo | 1,170 | 1:63,145 | 7,472 |
| Papua New Guinea | 902 | 1:9,040 | 707 |
| Nigeria | 429 | 1:412,920 | 21,515 |
| India | 195 | 1:3,933,669 | 107,487 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Walu (3,299) may also be a first name.
Walu Demographics
Average Walu Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walu (Hindi: वालु, Oriya: ୱଲୁ, Tibetan: ཝ་ལུ་) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 91,748th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,397,152 people. The surname Walu is primarily found in Asia, where 51 percent of Walu live; 47 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Walu is also the 124,561st most widely held first name globally, borne by 3,299 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,465 people, or 1 in 53,651. In Indonesia Walu is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 96 percent reside, North Maluku, where 2 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside.
Walu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Walu last name is predominantly Christian (66%) in Nigeria.
The amount Walu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.96% less than the national average, earning R 69,012 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཝ་ལུ་ | walu | - |
| Walu in the Hindi language | ||
| वालु | valu | - |
| Walu in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱଲୁ | walu | 50 |
| ୱାଲୁ | walu | 50 |
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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 Walu
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