Wathanu Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Wathanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 127 | 1:363,621 | 21,126 |
Wathanu Demographics
Wathanu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wathanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wathanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wathanu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wathanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wathanu is the 1,596,935th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wathanu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 363,621. In Kenya Wathanu is most common in: Nyeri County, where 53 percent are found, Muranga County, where 36 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 7 percent are found.
Wathanu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wathanu last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watanu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Watangu | 86 | 28 | / |
| Watanou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bathanu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wattanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waitanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waitahanui | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wattanut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watannou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Batanu | 77 | 137 | / |
| Wetanu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Vatanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baitanu | 71 | 2,765 | / |
| Bateanu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Batanou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batainu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatanou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatanau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vataanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batanau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hwatonou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woottanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitongu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vatangou | 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 Wathanu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis