Wathanga Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wathanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Wathanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wathanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wathanga is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wathanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Wathanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wathanga live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 782,710. In Kenya Wathanga is most common in: Muranga County, where 78 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 15 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 7 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waithanga | 94 | 16 | / |
| Watanga | 93 | 1,214 | / |
| Wattanga | 88 | 59 | / |
| Watangai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Watangah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Waitanga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wastanga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Watangha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wattang'a | 82 | 4 | / |
| Waithangi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Batanga | 80 | 2,983 | / |
| Watango | 80 | 153 | / |
| Watonga | 80 | 64 | / |
| Watangi | 80 | 50 | / |
| Vatanga | 80 | 49 | / |
| Wetanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wotanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waithang'o | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bautanga | 75 | 68 | / |
| Bataanga | 75 | 55 | / |
| Batangay | 75 | 49 | / |
| Batangga | 75 | 39 | / |
| Batangai | 75 | 22 | / |
| Watainge | 75 | 21 | / |
| Baitanga | 75 | 12 | / |
| Watangou | 75 | 8 | / |
| Waitangi | 75 | 8 | / |
| Batangha | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vathangi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Battanga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Batangah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Batannga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Batainga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baatanga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wastangou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatangi | 67 | 305 | / |
| Batonga | 67 | 304 | / |
| Batango | 67 | 257 | / |
| Botanga | 67 | 163 | / |
| Batange | 67 | 121 | / |
| Batangi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Batangy | 67 | 29 | / |
| Watongo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wotango | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vatonga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vatange | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wetonga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vetanga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vatango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wotonga | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wathanga
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