Walla is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Walla
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Surname focused in the Haut-Rhin. The merger with the German Wall (= wall) is attractive, but does not explain a final. In fact, there must be a person of Germanic origin name walah formed on the root (= foreign), which is at the origin of the word "Walloon" and that found in the surnames Wallach (67) and Wallace (51).

How popular is Walla?

Walla is common in United States.

Walla is ranked 51400 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wallas grew by 106 per cent to 2472 since 2000 and ranked 12536 after elevating 8007 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 53.52 87.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 38.83 5.92
Hispanic or Latino 2.67 2.75
Others 2.35 2.08
Black 1.98 0.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.92
Walla is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Togo which signifies that it is originated from Togo. Around 9206 people have been found who wears Walla as their family name. Walla is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,214 Sudan7
9,053 Senegal5
46,707 New Zealand5
11,802 Egypt4
67,494 South Africa3
35,184 Poland3
35,969 Denmark2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
10,183 Jordan2
31,584 Peru1
151,601 Spain1
9,116 Nicaragua1
7,198 Maldives1
120,357 Argentina1
25,746 Finland1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,715 Gabon1
118,015 Netherlands1
56,169 Mexico1
2,040 Mali1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
24,176 Qatar1
17,575 Kuwait1
38,841 Scotland1
11,510 Oman1
153,416 Italy1
8,859 Iraq1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,872 Namibia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
75,927 England43
46,489 Australia43
325,561 India31
36,547 Switzerland27
52,530 Belgium22
12,285 Burkina Faso15
171,702 Canada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
12,704 Sweden73
24,348 Czech Republic64
Countries with hundreds of Walla:
6,785 Kenya785
13,156 Germany773
17,614 Indonesia664
6,268 Cameroon496
4,981 Israel224
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
64,630 Brazil143
9,948 Austria131
84,907 France110
7,291 Norway105
Countries with thousands of Walla:
190 Togo3,656
22,001 United States1,435
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Betty Walla worked as maid while Sarah Walla was Maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 3 years old Sarah embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Kate Hunter and arrived on October 22, 1847.

Walla Namesakes

  • Abbie Larson Wallace, Seneca Wallace's wife
  • Frank Wallace, Soccer player
  • Edgar Wallace, Writer
  • George Wallace, Former Governor of Alabama
  • Alastair Wallace Stewart, Rod Stewart's son
  • Chris Walla, Musician
  • Mircea I of Wallachia, Prince
  • Mircea II of Wallachia, Ruler
  • Alden Wallace, Actor
  • Simon Wallace, Composer

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