Watuya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Watuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Watuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watuya is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Watuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Watuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Watuya is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Watuya live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Watuya is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Watuya
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