Watiya Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Watiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Watiya (98) may also be a first name.
Watiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watiya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Watiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watiya? popularity and diffusion
Watiya is the 3,602,217th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Watiya are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 956,749th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 98 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Watiya is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 80 percent are found, Bududa District, where 5 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Watiya
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