Waitha Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Waitha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Waitha (60) may also be a first name.
Waitha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waitha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waitha occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitha? popularity and diffusion
Waitha is the 1,527,735th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Waitha is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Waitha live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 60 people.
Waitha is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Machakos County, where 48 percent reside, Nyandarua County, where 36 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 9 percent reside. Other than Kenya Waitha is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Waitha
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