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
Waitha is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waitha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,527,735th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waitha reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 60 people.
The surname Waitha is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya Waitha is most prevalent in: Machakos County, where 48 percent live, Nyandarua County, where 36 percent live and Nyeri County, where 9 percent live. Other than Kenya Waitha occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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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