Wagatu Surname

484,676th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wagatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4191:315,63127,743
Kenya2661:173,60913,168
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wagatu (17) may also be a first name.

Wagatu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wagatu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wagatu is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 484,676th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,623,245 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Wagatu are found; 61 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 61 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 315,631. In Indonesia Wagatu is most frequent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Wagatu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 39 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Wagatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wagatu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wwagatu923/
Wagathu922/
Wagaitu921/
Wangatau8618/
Waghatou861/
Bagatu83294/
Vaghatu773/
Bagaatu773/
Bagatau771/
Bahagatu715/
Baigattu711/
Baagatou711/
Vaghatau711/
Wangothu711/
Bogatu672,351/
Bagotu6776/
Vegatu671/
Bagothu6221/
Vangotu624/
Bagotau623/
Bagotou621/
Bogatui621/
Bagoutou5735/
Vangothu574/
Bougatou571/
Baagothu571/
Bogotu502/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wagatu
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