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.

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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 occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watumu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 707,442nd most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Watumu live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Watumu is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 112,505. In Uganda Watumu is most common in: Hoima District, where 35 percent reside, Masindi District, where 18 percent reside and Kyankwanzi District, where 11 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside.

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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