Wla

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 60K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 89K
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 122K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈480 people, est.

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 60K (inferred from the name graph)

Tunisia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Wlã in DZ Algeria, TN Tunisia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

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)

Wla 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 Wla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria≈480 est.≈1 in 89KWlã2
MA Morocco≈290 est.≈1 in 122KWla3
TN Tunisia≈200 est.≈1 in 60KWlã1
DE Germany≈6 est.≈1 in 13MWla7
US United States≈3 est.≈1 in 103MWla11

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.

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)

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

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Wlá, Wlà, Wlâ, Wlä

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Wlà, Wlä, Wlâ, Wlã, Ẅlä

  • Spanish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Wlà, Ẅlä, Wlá, Ẅlặ, Wlã

  • Indonesian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Wlā, Wlä

22 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)

Wla 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 Filipino, abbreviation of wala (“none”)

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

  • In English, Initialism of Women's Land Army.

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Wla under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Wla have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 483 people named Wla in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wlã.
How common is the name Wla?
Mondonomo estimates about 480 people in Algeria have Wla as their first surname, about 1 in 89 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Wla”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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