Watoya Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Watoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 358 | 1:109,048 | 10,683 |
| Kenya | 154 | 1:299,869 | 19,047 |
Watoya Demographics
Watoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Watoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watoya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 605,571st most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Watoya is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 109,048. In Uganda Watoya is mostly found in: Manafwa District, where 49 percent reside, Bududa District, where 30 percent reside and Mbale District, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 30 percent reside.
Watoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Watoya
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