Wully Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wully Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wully Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wully (241) may also be a first name.

Wully Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wully Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wully is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wully? popularity and diffusion

Wully is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Wully is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Wully live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wully is also the 575,894th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 241 people.

The last name Wully is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 78 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Wulley911/
Wuly8925/
Wuillay8318/
Weulley831/
Woulley831/
Weuslly831/
Wulle80689/
Wolly80244/
Wulla80223/
Vully8049/
Wulli8046/
Wulya8011/
Wauly808/
Wouly803/
Wuluy801/
Weuly801/
Wuley800/
Wauslley771/
Bulley736,403/
Wolley73610/
Vulley73377/
Wuille73241/
Waulay73142/
Bullay73103/
Wulles7349/
Wollay7341/
Wholly7341/
Woulla7325/
Wulleh7322/
Waulya7321/
Wuilay7319/
Woulle7315/
Wullie739/
Vuilly736/
Woulli734/
Waulle733/
Wouley732/
Wuilla732/
Wullai731/
Wulloa731/
Wuiley731/
Woullé731/
Weulli731/
Wuisly731/
Wuilli731/
Bulloy730/
Wuhlle730/
Whuley730/
Wauley730/
Wautly730/
Wausly730/
Woolley6731,814/
Wuli672,100/
Wula671,657/
Boullay67841/
Boulley67519/
Wholley67427/
Wule67195/
Woly67128/
Wullich67104/
Wuillai6796/
Whouley6758/
Woullet6712/
Wuillie675/
Vuilley674/
Boulloy674/
Vuly673/
Weulleh672/
Wausley671/
Baulley671/
Vulliey671/
Wullets671/
Woolliy671/
Bulleey671/
Whaulle671/
Wuisley671/
Wulj671/
Wuyllis671/
Woulleh671/
Wheuley671/
Woolluy671/
Wousley670/
Beulley670/
Whollay670/
Whoolly670/
Woelley670/
Whutley670/
Waullet670/

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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 Wully
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