Walia

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Punjabi

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/weɪliə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Walia is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 43K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 125K
  • INIndia1 in 263K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

5,045 people

Sources
244 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from Punjabi.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Walia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Walia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India5,0451 in 263K5KWalia178
CA Canada≈880 est.≈1 in 43K—Walia103
US United States5321 in 625K1.8KWalia244
GB United Kingdom≈530 est.≈1 in 125K653Walia94
PK Pakistan≈500 est.≈1 in 466KlistedWalia7
MY Malaysia≈350 est.≈1 in 93K—Walia11
NZ New Zealand≈79 est.≈1 in 62K—Walia18
SG Singapore≈50 est.≈1 in 125K—Walia16

5,045 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Walia is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Wàlia, Wālīā

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Wālīā

  • Indonesian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Wallia, Wálîà, Wâliã

  • Spanish surname27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Greece, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek

    Also written Βάλια, Βαλια, ვალია, Valía, Wallia

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Walia is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Polish, Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, a neighborhood of N'Djamena, Chad

    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)

1960198020002020Sonu Walia, b. 1964Ravi Walia, b. 1973Gunjan Walia, b. 1985Apex Walia, b. 2000Roshni Walia, b. 2001

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)

Formalआदरणीय श्री Walia जी,Respected Walia ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Walia जी,Hi Walia, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 35 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Walia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—5K#1,563
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3.4K#293
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.8K#15,331
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000947#24,701
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002653#9,218
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010532#40,976
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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

What does the name Walia mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Punjabi. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Walia?
A machine transcription gives /weɪliə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Walia have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 5.0 thousand people named Walia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled walia.
How common is the name Walia?
In India, the national register counted 5,045 people named Walia, about 1 in 263 thousand residents.

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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, “Walia”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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