Waley is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Waley
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Waley

How popular is Waley?

Waley is ranked 292032 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Waleies plummeted by 14.03509 per cent to 147 since 2000 and slipped by 19887 spots and ranked at 118185. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.95 69.59
Black 13.61 23.39
Waley is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Egypt which may be its originating country too. Around 1032 people have been found who wears Waley as their family name. Waley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
607,991 Indonesia5
114,007 Czech Republic4
46,068 Philippines3
24,766 Scotland2
1,704,541 India1
277,603 France1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,249 Cambodia1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
58,491 Australia32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
69,202 Netherlands18
3,605 China12
171,702 Canada12
Countries with hundreds of Waley:
7,880 Egypt715
140,640 United States147

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jos. Waley was 18 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 11, 1851. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took James H. Shepherd from Liverpool. Chas. Waley, aged 27, Jos. Waley, aged 18, are other Waley that migrated to US.

Waley Namesakes

  • Arthur Waley, Translator
  • Simon Waley, Composer
  • Arthur Waley, Translator
  • Arthur Waley, Translator
  • Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Violinist
  • Stephen Waley-Cohen, Theatre Producer

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