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 occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Watiya reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Watiya is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 98 people.
The last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Watiya is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 80 percent live, Bududa District, where 5 percent live and Buikwe District, where 5 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
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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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