Washali Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Washali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Washali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Washali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Washali is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Washali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 878,878th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Washali occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Washali live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Excluding Malawi it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Washali
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