Watembo Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Watembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Watembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watembo is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Watembo is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Watembo are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Watembo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Watembo is most common in: Masindi District, where 33 percent live, Hoima District, where 17 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 17 percent live. Outside of Uganda Watembo occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wathembo | 93 | 30 | / |
| Batembo | 86 | 77 | / |
| Watemba | 86 | 46 | / |
| Watimbo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Watambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Watombo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wastemba | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wathemba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wathambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vuatembo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watembach | 75 | 79 | / |
| Waithambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Watamba | 71 | 334 | / |
| Botembo | 71 | 250 | / |
| Batemba | 71 | 74 | / |
| Watomba | 71 | 62 | / |
| Batimbo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wetambo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wetimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wetemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batmbou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wathimba | 67 | 37 | / |
| Battenbo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Beatenbo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Boutembo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baatemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bateemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woutambou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Batnbo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Batmba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wattenbach | 59 | 372 | / |
| Botemba | 57 | 185 | / |
| Batimba | 57 | 81 | / |
| Wotomba | 57 | 34 | / |
| Botimbo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wotamba | 57 | 2 | / |
| Weitenbosch | 56 | 3 | / |
| Boutemba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Watinbach | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Watembo
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