Wangatia Surname

479,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wangatia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wangatia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6851:67,4166,458
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Wangatia (207) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wangatia Demographics

Wangatia Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 20 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Wangatia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangatia is found most in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangatia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 479,498th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,470,612 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangatia live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wangatia is also the 629,010th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 207 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 67,416. In Kenya Wangatia is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 70 percent live, Bungoma County, where 28 percent live and Busia County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Wangatia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (95%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangatiah943/
Wangatiau941/
Wangatya8882/
Bangatia881/
Wangtiao881/
Bangathia8214/
Wongtia807/
Wangashi755/
Wangasha752/
Wangshuai713/
Wangshiai711/
Wangshi67257/
Wangsha6712/
Wangtch671/
Wangash671/
Bongotio502/
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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 Wangatia
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