Watela Surname
Approximately 1,422 people bear this surname
Watela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,294 | 1:30,169 | 4,108 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Watela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watela is found most in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 273,426th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,124,856 people. The last name Watela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watela live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Watela is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,294 people, or 1 in 30,169. In Uganda Watela is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 42 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 26 percent reside and Bududa District, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Watela
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