Watera Surname
Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname
Watera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,508 | 1:25,888 | 3,659 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Watera (11) may also be a first name.
Watera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watera (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍ, Oriya: ୱାେତରା) occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Watera.
How Common Is The Last Name Watera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 249,873rd most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,589,135 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Watera live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname Watera is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 1,508 people, or 1 in 25,888. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 32 percent live, Manafwa District, where 16 percent live and Bududa District, where 14 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watera in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺗﺮﺍ | watra | - |
| Watera in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାେତରା | waetara | - |
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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 Watera
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