Walwasa Surname

384,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Walwasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Walwasa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9231:42,2965,338
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Walwasa (14) may also be a first name.

Walwasa Last Name Facts

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

Walwasa is found most in Uganda. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walwasa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 384,654th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,886,954 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Walwasa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Walwasa is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 14 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 923 people, or 1 in 42,296. In Uganda Walwasa is most prevalent in: Namutumba District, where 24 percent reside, Kaliro District, where 20 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walwaasa933/
Walwesa866/
Walwasi862/
Baluasa718/
Valwase712/
Valvasa711/
Walbaza711/
Valuasa711/
Balhbasa671/
Balbassa671/

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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 Walwasa
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