Walwala Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Walwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Walwala (20) may also be a first name.

Walwala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Walwala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Walwala is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Walwala.

How Common Is The Last Name Walwala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Walwala live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Walwala is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Walwala is most frequent in: Kano, where 90 percent reside and Sokoto, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walwale8634/
Wolwala8628/
Walwali861/
Walwola861/
Valwala861/
Walwalaiph821/
Balwaala801/
Waliuala801/
Valvala7129/
Balbala7121/
Balwali7119/
Bolwala7114/
Walwelo719/
Valbala718/
Walwolo711/
Valuala711/
Waluali711/
Wolwale711/
Baluala711/
Balvala711/
Balwaly711/
Balwally6747/
Waluhola6712/
Balbalay673/
Baluhala671/
Valvalla671/
Valvatla671/
Bailvala671/

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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 Walwala
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