Walwal Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Walwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 224 | 1:36,401 | 4,348 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Walwal (85) may also be a first name.
Walwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walwal is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walwal? popularity and diffusion
Walwal is the 846,108th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Walwal reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 85 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 36,401. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 68 percent reside, West Sepik, where 8 percent reside and New Ireland, where 8 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Walwal is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 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 Walwal
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