Watoro Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Watoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watoro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3541:130,45210,733
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Solomon Islands121:48,3369,616
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Watoro (191) may also be a first name.

Watoro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Watoro Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Watoro is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watoro? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 689,921st most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname Watoro is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Watoro live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 657,437th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 191 people.

Watoro is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 130,452. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyandarua County, where 30 percent live, Muranga County, where 26 percent live and Kiambu County, where 20 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Watoro Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waitoro9218/
Watorop921/
Watoros920/
Watourou863/
Batoro83995/
Watora83341/
Watero8371/
Vatoro8325/
Wetoro8322/
Wataro8313/
Wotoro835/
Waturo833/
Wattaro7748/
Batorou7748/
Bathoro7737/
Wastaro7732/
Batooro7723/
Wataroh7720/
Wotorot7712/
Waitaro7710/
Weitoro777/
Baytoro775/
Wateero774/
Baitoro771/
Batouro771/
Wotorou771/
Waitero771/
Huatoro771/
Beatoro771/
Bautoro771/
Watorra770/
Batourou7139/
Waithero715/
Whataroa711/
Wosthoro711/
Wastahro711/
Baturo672,453/
Watera671,588/
Watara671,367/
Batora67340/
Watura67167/
Botoro67140/
Vatora6788/
Vataro6742/
Weatheroy6742/
Bataro6721/
Wetaro673/
Woturo672/
Vaturo671/
Wotora671/
Vatero671/
Wotaro671/
Battourou671/
Vetoro671/
Wetero671/
Watará671/

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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 Watoro
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