Wataala Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wataala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wataala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wataala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wataala is found most in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wataala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wataala is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Wataala occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wataala are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Wataala is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda Wataala is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 25 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 25 percent are found and Mukono District, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Wataala
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