Watumu Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Watumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Watumu 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
Uganda3471:112,50510,924
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260

Watumu (37) may also be a first name.

Watumu Last Name Facts

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

Watumu is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watumu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 707,442nd most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname Watumu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Watumu reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Watumu is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 37 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 347 people, or 1 in 112,505. In Uganda Watumu is primarily concentrated in: Hoima District, where 35 percent are found, Masindi District, where 18 percent are found and Kyankwanzi District, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda Watumu occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.

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
Wathumu9241/
Wattumu924/
Watuumu924/
Batumu832/
Watimu831/
Wetumu831/
Waitimu7790/
Wathimu7781/
Batumau771/
Batoumou716/
Wotomu6710/
Botumu671/
Watimau622/
Vaitumoe576/
Boutoumou534/
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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 Watumu
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