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
The surname Wetala is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,596,935th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetala live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wetala is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 336,546. In Uganda Wetala is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 46 percent are found, Bududa District, where 28 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 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 Wetala
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