Watayi Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Watayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Watayi (12) may also be a first name.
Watayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watayi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Watayi live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Watayi is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Watayi is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent live and Bungoma County, where 10 percent live. Other than Kenya Watayi is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 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 Watayi
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