Watanuka Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Watanuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Watanuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watanuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watanuka is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watanuka? popularity and diffusion
Watanuka is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Watanuka are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,761,102. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 44 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Eastern Province, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 40 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 Watanuka
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