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
The surname Wateya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wateya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wateya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wateya is the 378,966th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 7,736,248 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wateya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wateya is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 848 people, or 1 in 46,037. In Uganda Wateya is mostly found in: Bududa District, where 45 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 25 percent reside and Mbale District, where 14 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name exists 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 bearing the Wateya last name is principally 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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