Wetalu Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wetalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wetalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetalu is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wetalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetalu is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wetalu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wetalu live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 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 Wetalu
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