Wetase Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Wetase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Wetase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetase is found most in Uganda. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetase? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wetase are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 1,301,309. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 23 percent reside, Mbarara District, where 17 percent reside and Lyantonde District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Wetase
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