Watila Surname
Approximately 1,994 people bear this surname
Watila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,296 | 1:35,633 | 3,849 |
| Uganda | 593 | 1:65,834 | 7,442 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Watila (1,666) may also be a first name.
Watila Demographics
Watila Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Watila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watila (Oriya: ୱାଟିଲା) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 207,582nd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,654,737 people. The last name Watila occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Watila live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Watila is also the 188,647th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 1,666 people.
The surname Watila is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 1,296 people, or 1 in 35,633. In Kenya Watila is most common in: Bungoma County, where 72 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 15 percent live and Kakamega County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Watila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watila in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଟିଲା | watila | 66.67 |
| ୱଇଟିଲା | wa'itila | 22.22 |
| ୱଟିଲା | watila | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Watila
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