Waol Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Waol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Waol Last Name Facts

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

Waol is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waol? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Waol live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Waol is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 9,446,371. In Indonesia Waol is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Waol is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayol8955/
Wahol8926/
Wajol8916/
Waoll894/
Waole893/
Waholl803/
Waiyol801/
Baol75242/
Woal7515/
Vaol752/
Waiyole733/
Wahoule731/
Waoulle731/
Wahholl730/
Vaole67148/
Baoul6723/
Vahol6723/
Baool6719/
Waeal679/
Woald675/
Wohal675/
Weaal674/
Wohul674/
Baðol673/
Waholowa672/
Baoil671/
Beaol671/
Vaiol671/
Woale671/
Vaoul671/
Woeol671/
Wouol671/
Woall670/
Woahl670/
Woalp670/

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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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  • 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 Waol
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