Wetoto Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wetoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3251:142,09211,464
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wetoto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wetoto Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wetoto occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wetoto.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetoto? popularity and diffusion

Wetoto is the 841,044th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name Wetoto occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetoto reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 142,092. In Kenya Wetoto is most common in: Kakamega County, where 71 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 28 percent are found and Busia County, where 0 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Wetoto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weteto83145/
Betoto83143/
Witoto83136/
Watoto83102/
Wetato832/
Waitoto77465/
Whitoto779/
Wistoto778/
Wahtoto777/
Betoito775/
Wuitoto771/
Wetatou771/
Waytoto771/
Vetouto771/
Betoutou7155/
Whitetto7112/
Whetetto714/
Witotods711/
Bitoto67555/
Watota67135/
Wetata6710/
Vetato678/
Vatoto672/
Wateto672/
Betota671/
Vototo671/

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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 Wetoto
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