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 surname Watembo occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watembo? popularity and diffusion
Watembo is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Watembo occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Watembo live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Watembo is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Watembo is primarily concentrated in: Masindi District, where 33 percent live, Hoima District, where 17 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 17 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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