Wateya Surname
Approximately 942 people bear this surname
Wateya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 848 | 1:46,037 | 5,689 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wateya (10) may also be a first name.
Wateya Demographics
Wateya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wateya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wateya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wateya occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wateya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wateya? popularity and diffusion
Wateya is the 378,966th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,736,248 people. Wateya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wateya are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 46,037. In Uganda it is most common in: Bududa District, where 45 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 25 percent reside and Mbale District, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Wateya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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
- 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 Wateya
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