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 more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 605,571st most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watoya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Watoya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 109,048. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 49 percent live, Bududa District, where 30 percent live and Mbale District, where 6 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent live.
Watoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Watoya surname is primarily 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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