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
The surname Watila (Oriya: ୱାଟିଲା) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,582nd most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 3,654,737 people. The last name Watila is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Watila reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Watila is also the 188,647th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 1,666 people.
Watila is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,296 people, or 1 in 35,633. In Kenya Watila is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 72 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 15 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 11 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Watila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally 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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