Wolli Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Wolli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wolli (136) may also be a first name.
Wolli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolli is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolli? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,596,935th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. Wolli occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wolli reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wolli is also the 794,286th most widespread first name globally, held by 136 people.
The surname Wolli is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 336,702. In Niger Wolli is primarily concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Wolli
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