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
Average Waita Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waita occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential 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 family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,464,245 people. The surname Waita occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Waita are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Waita is also the 180,763rd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 1,790 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,388 people, or 1 in 13,630. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Machakos County, where 31 percent live, Makueni County, where 29 percent live and Nairobi County, where 10 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Waita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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 US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for 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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