Wetende Surname
Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname
Wetende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 897 | 1:51,483 | 5,208 |
| Uganda | 190 | 1:205,470 | 16,326 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Wetende (197) may also be a first name.
Wetende Demographics
Wetende Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wetende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetende is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetende? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetende is the 337,263rd most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,673,577 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetende reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 646,152nd most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 197 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 897 people, or 1 in 51,483. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 82 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Wetende occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Wetende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetennde | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wetender | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wehtende | 93 | 0 | / |
| Westender | 88 | 0 | / |
| Witende | 86 | 70 | / |
| Wetinde | 86 | 42 | / |
| Betende | 86 | 35 | / |
| Watende | 86 | 12 | / |
| Vetende | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wuetinde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waitende | 80 | 1 | / |
| Withende | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitendes | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wetindi | 71 | 231 | / |
| Bitende | 71 | 155 | / |
| Betendi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vetinde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watinde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vitende | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wathinde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boitende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waitenda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houetinde | 63 | 3 | / |
| Bitnde | 62 | 1 | / |
| Watindi | 57 | 162 | / |
| Witindi | 57 | 8 | / |
| Bitendi | 57 | 4 | / |
| Bitinde | 57 | 2 | / |
| Vetindi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vatendi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Waitindi | 53 | 21 | / |
| Vaitinde | 53 | 20 | / |
| Vaïtinde | 53 | 7 | / |
| Vaytinde | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vitiendi | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Wetende
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