Wetala Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Wetala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Wetala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wetala occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,596,935th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Wetala is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetala reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 336,546. In Uganda Wetala is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 46 percent live, Bududa District, where 28 percent live and Wakiso District, where 6 percent live. Other than Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Sudan, 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 Wetala
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