Wataye Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Wataye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wataye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wataye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wataye is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wataye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wataye live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Wataye is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,941,201. In Tanzania Wataye is mostly concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 50 percent live, Mara Region, where 22 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Zambia, 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 Wataye
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