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
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Waly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waly (Arabic: ولى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﻲ) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wãly. Click here for further potential spellings of Waly.
How Common Is The Last Name Waly? popularity and diffusion
It is the 13,506th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is 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. Waly is also the 35,624th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 21,660 people.
It is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 17,481 people, or 1 in 5,259. Not including Egypt this last name exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 35 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Waly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Waly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waly surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Waly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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
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