Watira Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
Watira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 462 | 1:84,501 | 8,921 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watira (191) may also be a first name.
Watira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watira occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Watira is the 595,654th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Watira are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Watira is also the 657,437th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 191 people.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 462 people, or 1 in 84,501. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Bududa District, where 45 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 26 percent reside and Mbale District, where 10 percent reside. Besides Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Watira
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