Watei Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Watei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 188 | 1:43,371 | 5,314 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Watei Demographics
Watei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Watei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watei is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,168,344th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Watei reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 43,371. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 86 percent reside, Bougainville, where 13 percent reside and East New Britain, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Watei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Watei surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
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- 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 Watei
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