Watelo Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Watelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1941:201,23316,122
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Watelo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watelo is most common in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Watelo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watelo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,202,518th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watelo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 201,233. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bududa District, where 62 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 21 percent are found and Mbale District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watelot9213/
Wateloo921/
Watela831,422/
Batelo83220/
Watolo83160/
Watilo83102/
Watalo836/
Watylo831/
Wetelo831/
Waitalo77197/
Vatelot77139/
Baitelo77115/
Batelio7747/
Wattalo7737/
Battelo7724/
Bathelo7716/
Batelho7715/
Wateala778/
Bateloy775/
Batelou775/
Wadtalo774/
Watalyo773/
Wathalo773/
Wateela771/
Wastela771/
Wataloo771/
Wathela771/
Vatelos771/
Watalio771/
Woetelo770/
Watthalo7153/
Vathelot7141/
Wahatalo713/
Bathello711/
Weathela710/
Bautelou710/
Watila671,994/
Batilo671,484/
Watala67841/
Batela67804/
Watoła67645/
Watola67248/
Botelo67139/
Vatela6781/
Wetela6742/
Vatilo6742/
Vuathelot6735/
Wotolo6718/
Wotela676/
Vetelo675/
Wetolo671/

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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 Watelo
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