Waluma Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Waluma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Waluma (34) may also be a first name.
Waluma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waluma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waluma is found most in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Waluma.
How Common Is The Last Name Waluma? popularity and diffusion
Waluma is the 764,765th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. Waluma is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Waluma reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.
The surname Waluma is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Beside Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walouma | 92 | 7 | / |
| Walumai | 92 | 2 | / |
| Walumas | 92 | 2 | / |
| Walima | 83 | 895 | / |
| Baluma | 83 | 631 | / |
| Valuma | 83 | 191 | / |
| Walume | 83 | 84 | / |
| Waloma | 83 | 71 | / |
| Walumi | 83 | 31 | / |
| Woluma | 83 | 22 | / |
| Weluma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Walimah | 77 | 365 | / |
| Hwalima | 77 | 79 | / |
| Walimaa | 77 | 75 | / |
| Balouma | 77 | 67 | / |
| Walimau | 77 | 20 | / |
| Valguma | 77 | 19 | / |
| Bailuma | 77 | 18 | / |
| Balauma | 77 | 17 | / |
| Wolumah | 77 | 8 | / |
| Waloumi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Valouma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Walusmi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Walomai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balluma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wolouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Walumoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wallima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wailume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wailoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balumma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wailima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baleumaa | 71 | 205 | / |
| Valoumas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wolumeha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Baloumah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balyauma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balleuma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woulouma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balume | 67 | 7,978 | / |
| Balumi | 67 | 533 | / |
| Boluma | 67 | 127 | / |
| Valima | 67 | 68 | / |
| Veluma | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wolima | 67 | 34 | / |
| Walimo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Woloma | 67 | 17 | / |
| Walomo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Balumo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Walome | 67 | 8 | / |
| Valumi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Welima | 67 | 2 | / |
| Valume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Walomi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wolume | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Waluma
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