Watesi Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Watesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Watesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watesi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watesi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watesi is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watesi reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Manafwa District, where 73 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 9 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 9 percent reside. Beside Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattesi920/
Wateusie861/
Vatesi835/
Watezi834/
Watisi833/
Wategi832/
Watese832/
Waitegi772/
Wathegi772/
Watedji771/
Waitesy770/
Wattese770/
Wateesea711/
Bategi67131/
Batezi6759/
Watise6711/
Watiza673/
Wateze671/
Wateza671/
Uatese671/
Watege671/
Vategi671/
Wotisi671/

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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 Watesi
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