Watuku Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Watuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Watuku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya851:543,29326,596
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Watuku (15) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Watuku Demographics

Watuku Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Watuku Last Name Facts

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

Watuku is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watuku? popularity and diffusion

Watuku is the 1,980,395th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. Watuku occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Watuku live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Watuku is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 15 people.

This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 543,293. In Kenya Watuku is mostly found in: Nakuru County, where 72 percent reside, Muranga County, where 11 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 11 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Watuku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Watuku last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wathuku9212/
Wotuku8360/
Vatuku8316/
Watiku833/
Uatuku831/
Batoukou715/
Waithiku711/
Wetiku6724/
Baitoukou674/
Woutoukou672/
Vattiku621/
Botoukou573/
Wattikou571/
Vaticu501/
Bouttoukou501/
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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 Watuku
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