Wateba Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wateba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wateba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya511:905,48833,171
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Wateba (497) may also be a first name.

Wateba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wateba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wateba is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wateba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wateba is the 2,106,139th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Wateba live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wateba is also the 380,582nd most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 497 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 94 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.

Wateba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wateba last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wateeba921/
Waitteba861/
Wataba83309/
Bateba8399/
Weteba8321/
Watebe8319/
Watiba834/
Watoba833/
Watebo831/
Waitaba7788/
Watabai7733/
Wattaba7711/
Wasteby777/
Wathaba773/
Batebai773/
Bateeba772/
Weteeba772/
Wastebo772/
Wathiba771/
Watibai771/
Vatieba771/
Whateby770/
Wastebi770/
Wattebault751/
Weathebeat750/
Wattebot716/
Weatheby711/
Vatoebai711/
Batebi671,433/
Wetaba67497/
Wetiba67126/
Watibe67109/
Boteba6776/
Batebe6747/
Wotoba6736/
Watibi6734/
Batiba6723/
Wotaba6721/
Watabo672/
Wetebo672/
Batebo671/
Vatebe671/
Watibo671/
Watobo671/
Weathebee671/
Weathesby670/

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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 Wateba
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