Wollo Surname
Approximately 1,078 people bear this surname
Wollo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 529 | 1:19,538 | 2,618 |
| Liberia | 242 | 1:18,217 | 1,852 |
| Indonesia | 145 | 1:912,063 | 68,055 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Wollo (156) may also be a first name.
Wollo Demographics
Average Wollo Salary in
United States
$29,219 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wollo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wollo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wollo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻮ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wollo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 340,834th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,760,247 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wollo are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 735,679th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 156 people.
Wollo is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 529 people, or 1 in 19,538. In Benin Wollo is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 85 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Wollo Last Name Statistics demography
Wollo earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wollo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wollo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻮ | wlw | - |
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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 Wollo
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