Waela Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Waela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Waela (62) may also be a first name.
Waela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waela occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Waela is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Waela are found; 41 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 41 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Waela is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name Waela is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 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
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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 Waela
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