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 is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Watira.
How Common Is The Last Name Watira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 595,654th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname Watira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Watira live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 657,437th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 191 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 462 people, or 1 in 84,501. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bududa District, where 45 percent reside, Manafwa District, where 26 percent reside and Mbale District, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Uganda Watira is found in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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