Wala
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɔɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wala is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.
- PKPakistan
- INIndia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 91 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wala counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | — | 462 | Wala | 91 |
| PK Pakistan | — | listed | Wala | 24 |
| PL Poland | — | 1.5K | — | — |
| BR Brazil | — | 277 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 229 | — | 38 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wala is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Kurdish, Exalted, high, sacred, representing an unreachable beauty and nobility
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In kaw, in compounds it seems to be 'all kinds of, in every respect'
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In enm, alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pag, existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pkp, screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jacques Walab. 1804BEBelgian politician and lawyer
- Anna Walab. 1891ATAustrian model
- Jerzy Walab. 1930PLPolish cartographer
- Piotr Walab. 1936PLPolish sportsperson and ski jumper
- Włodzimierz Walab. 1941PLPolish sportsperson
- Heikki Walab. 1948FIFinnish basketball coach
- Michael Walab. 1954DEGerman historian
- Wojciech Walab. 1965PLPolish wrestler
- Amar Walab. 1983INfilm director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 1.5K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.5K | #1,910 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 1.5K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.5K | #1,963 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 735 | #916 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 462 | #9,743 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 229 | #87,312 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 195 | #93,921 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 174 | #96,918 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Wala?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɔɫə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Wala have the most bearers?
- Wala is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled wala.
What do you want to know about Wala?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/walaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wala”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.