Watuwa Surname
Approximately 2,877 people bear this surname
Watuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,759 | 1:14,150 | 2,241 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Watuwa (13) may also be a first name.
Watuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watuwa is most common in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,896th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,533,036 people. The surname Watuwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Watuwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,759 people, or 1 in 14,150. In Uganda Watuwa is most numerous in: Manafwa District, where 40 percent live, Mbale District, where 22 percent live and Bududa District, where 17 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattuwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Watouwai | 86 | 11 | / |
| Watuwaya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wotuwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Watiwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Wetuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wathuba | 77 | 33 | / |
| Batuwah | 77 | 27 | / |
| Watusua | 77 | 27 | / |
| Watowai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Batuuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wathiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waithiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatuva | 67 | 221 | / |
| Batuba | 67 | 131 | / |
| Batuva | 67 | 29 | / |
| Woutouwai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Watube | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wativa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baitouway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wotuba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vetuwa | 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 Watuwa
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