Watenga Surname

305,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Watenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9891:39,4735,054
Kenya1111:416,03522,860
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Papua New Guinea411:198,87127,541
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
England11:55,718,059489,080
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Watenga (42) may also be a first name.

Watenga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watenga is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Watenga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watenga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watenga is the 305,056th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,872,317 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Watenga reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 42 people.

The last name Watenga is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 989 people, or 1 in 39,473. In Uganda it is most common in: Bududa District, where 39 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 29 percent are found and Mbale District, where 17 percent are found. Not including Uganda Watenga exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.

Watenga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly 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 Watenga
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