Waitathu Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Waitathu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waitathu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3021:152,91412,145
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Waitathu Last Name Facts

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

Waitathu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waitathu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 883,255th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. Waitathu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waitathu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya Waitathu is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 31 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 25 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Waitathu Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waithathu941/
Baitatu8015/
Bitathu801/
Batathu801/
Bathathu7553/
Waithetu754/
Vattathu752/
Witothau751/
Watetu711,619/
Batatu71699/
Bitatu7184/
Vitatu7119/
Wetatu711/
Vatatu711/
Baithaitu711/
Bitatuh67122/
Batatou6710/
Wathatu672/
Bitatou671/
Bithatu671/
Bitaatu671/
Wetatou671/
Vettathu6327/
Wathuitu631/
Wateytuh631/
Bajatatu631/
Vattothu631/
Vattethu631/
Betatu574/
Wetetu571/
Vitatoe53488/
Veteatu539/
Bataitu531/
Vittatoe5060/
Vittetau5018/
Boutatou501/

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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
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  • 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 Waitathu
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