Watangwa Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Watangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 281 | 1:138,930 | 12,586 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watangwa occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watangwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watangwa is the 912,827th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Watangwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 138,930. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Manafwa District, where 46 percent are found, Mbale District, where 28 percent are found and Bududa District, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Watangwa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Watangwa
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