Waly Surname
Approximately 41,368 people bear this surname
Waly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 17,481 | 1:5,259 | 673 |
| Iraq | 14,630 | 1:2,394 | 295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,465 | 1:12,518 | 1,726 |
| Senegal | 1,541 | 1:9,461 | 369 |
| Indonesia | 1,484 | 1:89,117 | 9,339 |
| Syria | 936 | 1:20,621 | 1,504 |
| Yemen | 786 | 1:33,620 | 3,091 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Mauritania | 413 | 1:9,915 | 1,023 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 107 | 1:85,629 | 7,855 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Pakistan | 67 | 1:2,666,327 | 22,731 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Burkina Faso | 45 | 1:407,824 | 6,238 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Palestine | 44 | 1:103,383 | 7,058 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Wãly (1) are calculated separately.
Waly (21,660) may also be a first name.
Waly Demographics
Average Waly Salary in
United States
$71,213 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waly (Arabic: ولى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﻲ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Wãly. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waly? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,506th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 176,164 people. Waly is mostly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Waly are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 42 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 35,624th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 21,660 people.
The last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 17,481 people, or 1 in 5,259. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 69 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 35 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Waly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Waly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waly last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Waly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (82%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Waly surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
The amount Waly earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 65.04% more than the national average, earning $71,213 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning $48,865 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻟﻲ | waly | 83.03 |
| ﻭﺍﻟﻰ | waly | 13.3 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﻲ | alwaly | 3.21 |
| ﻭﻟﻰ | wly | 0.46 |
| Waly in the Arabic language | ||
| ولى | wly | - |
| وليّ | wly | - |
| ولي | wly | - |
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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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- 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 Waly
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