Watyema Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Watyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 192 | 1:203,330 | 16,226 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watyema is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watyema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Watyema is the 1,214,709th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname Watyema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Watyema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 203,330. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bududa District, where 67 percent live, Mbale District, where 19 percent live and Manafwa District, where 8 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Watyema
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