Watua Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Watua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 204 | 1:259,518 | 20,802 |
| Kenya | 57 | 1:810,174 | 31,920 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Watua (12) may also be a first name.
Watua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watua has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 970,883rd most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Watua are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Watua is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
The surname Watua is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 259,518. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 73 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wathua | 91 | 58 | / |
| Watuah | 91 | 13 | / |
| Waitua | 91 | 6 | / |
| Watuha | 91 | 6 | / |
| Waituha | 83 | 56 | / |
| Waytuah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Waatuah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weatuah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Batua | 80 | 4,035 | / |
| Watwa | 80 | 58 | / |
| Vatua | 80 | 20 | / |
| Wadua | 80 | 15 | / |
| Wetua | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wahatuha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wathuo | 73 | 100 | / |
| Vaetua | 73 | 25 | / |
| Bahtua | 73 | 18 | / |
| Battua | 73 | 12 | / |
| Baitua | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wadhua | 73 | 5 | / |
| Badtua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hvatua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Watwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Batdua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waitwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uattua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weatuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Watway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huaatua | 67 | 39 | / |
| Wathwaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wattwea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wadouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beatuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wattwad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Watua
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis