Waita Surname
Approximately 4,977 people bear this surname
Waita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,388 | 1:13,630 | 1,673 |
| Indonesia | 1,159 | 1:114,106 | 11,595 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Solomon Islands | 98 | 1:5,919 | 848 |
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| Thailand | 72 | 1:981,088 | 150,124 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Waita (1,790) may also be a first name.
Waita Demographics
Waita Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waita is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waita? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,593rd most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,464,245 people. Waita is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Waita live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Waita is also the 180,763rd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,790 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,388 people, or 1 in 13,630. In Kenya Waita is most common in: Machakos County, where 31 percent are found, Makueni County, where 29 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Waita is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Waita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Waita surname is chiefly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Waita surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
Waita earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.
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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 Waita
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