Wolah Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Wolah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 188 | 1:703,453 | 54,601 |
| Liberia | 168 | 1:26,241 | 2,550 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Wolah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wolah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wolah.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolah? popularity and diffusion
Wolah is the 786,896th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name Wolah occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Wolah are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 52 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 703,453. In Indonesia Wolah is most common in: North Sulawesi, where 74 percent are found, East Java, where 13 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 11 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Wolah exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 47 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wolah
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