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 last name Wataala is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wataala.
How Common Is The Last Name Wataala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name 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.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Butaleja District, where 25 percent live, Kibuku District, where 25 percent live and Mukono District, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Wataala
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