Wetaba Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Wetaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 488 | 1:94,631 | 8,417 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
Wetaba (201) may also be a first name.
Wetaba Demographics
Wetaba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wetaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetaba is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetaba is the 618,896th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetaba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wetaba is also the 639,077th most frequent first name in the world, held by 201 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 488 people, or 1 in 94,631. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 95 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Wetaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wetaba surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witaba | 83 | 415 | / |
| Wataba | 83 | 309 | / |
| Betaba | 83 | 38 | / |
| Weteba | 83 | 21 | / |
| Wotaba | 83 | 21 | / |
| Vetaba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wetabo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Westaby | 77 | 264 | / |
| Waitaba | 77 | 88 | / |
| Watabai | 77 | 33 | / |
| Wattaba | 77 | 11 | / |
| Wathaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Weitaby | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wotaaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Weteeba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Betabaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Betaiba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bettaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Westabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Witabai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Betabai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vetabhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Behjtaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weathaby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bethayba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veetabai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Betabhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bitaba | 67 | 192 | / |
| Wateba | 67 | 80 | / |
| Vestabhai | 67 | 59 | / |
| Betava | 67 | 48 | / |
| Vetava | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wotoba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Betabi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Betoba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Betabe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Watoba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Watabo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wetebo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Westhaber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wetobe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Votaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Betabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witaby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weathabee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wetaba
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