Wamatere Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wamatere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wamatere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamatere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamatere is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamatere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamatere live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,439,955. In Uganda Wamatere is most frequent in: Kayunga District, where 56 percent are found, Bududa District, where 13 percent are found and Manafwa District, where 13 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamatre | 93 | 1 | / |
| Waymaster | 82 | 98 | / |
| Watmaster | 82 | 6 | / |
| Waimaiter | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bamater | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vamater | 80 | 0 | / |
| Watmachter | 78 | 4 | / |
| Waymaister | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bamatter | 75 | 38 | / |
| Vamatare | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bammater | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vaumatre | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wattmachter | 74 | 3 | / |
| Waimahateri | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wheatmaster | 74 | 1 | / |
| Bammatter | 71 | 136 | / |
| Weimaster | 71 | 35 | / |
| Vatmahter | 71 | 6 | / |
| Baumatery | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waimeiter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whosmater | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baumatter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bamoter | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vomater | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waymeister | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bomatter | 63 | 76 | / |
| Boumater | 63 | 2 | / |
| Vomaster | 63 | 2 | / |
| Waimmeister | 63 | 1 | / |
| Buoymater | 59 | 1 | / |
| Veimaster | 59 | 0 | / |
| Weimeister | 56 | 49 | / |
| Weymeister | 56 | 7 | / |
| Vahtmeister | 53 | 8 | / |
| Weihmeister | 53 | 1 | / |
| Boumatir | 50 | 153 | / |
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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 Wamatere
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