Waluye Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Waluye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 414 | 1:127,878 | 12,025 |
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Waluye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waluye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waluye is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waluye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 612,595th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waluye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 127,878. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 38 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 30 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Waluye
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