Wataba Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Wataba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 267 | 1:146,215 | 13,059 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wataba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wataba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wataba is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wataba.
How Common Is The Last Name Wataba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wataba is the 874,560th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wataba are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Wataba is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 146,215. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Mbale District, where 58 percent are found, Budaka District, where 10 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waitaba | 92 | 88 | / |
| Watabai | 92 | 33 | / |
| Wattaba | 92 | 11 | / |
| Wathaba | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bataba | 83 | 1,788 | / |
| Watabe | 83 | 1,315 | / |
| Wetaba | 83 | 497 | / |
| Wateba | 83 | 80 | / |
| Wotaba | 83 | 21 | / |
| Watoba | 83 | 3 | / |
| Watabo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Waitaby | 77 | 197 | / |
| Waitabi | 77 | 37 | / |
| Wattabi | 77 | 23 | / |
| Wataibe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Batabai | 77 | 12 | / |
| Waytabi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wataubi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wathabi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wotaaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Batabay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Battaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Batabah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baataba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Watabou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bathaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Batabea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bahtaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wateeba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watabij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vatabhai | 71 | 40 | / |
| Batabhai | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bautaiba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wathaubi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Waitabih | 71 | 3 | / |
| Watahabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woustaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weathaby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waitteba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Battabai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batoba | 67 | 438 | / |
| Batabe | 67 | 71 | / |
| Batava | 67 | 66 | / |
| Vatava | 67 | 60 | / |
| Bathabhai | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wotoba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Weteba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Botaba | 67 | 17 | / |
| Wotava | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vatabe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Batabi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Watavo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Batabo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vatabo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Watobi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vetaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wetabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Votaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vatabhatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watebo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weathabee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wataba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis