Witaba Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Witaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4041:114,3079,708
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Witaba (18) may also be a first name.

Witaba Last Name Facts

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

Witaba occurs most in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Witaba.

How Common Is The Last Name Witaba? popularity and diffusion

Witaba is the 707,442nd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. Witaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Witaba live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Witaba is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 18 people.

Witaba is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 114,307. In Kenya Witaba is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 79 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 20 percent reside and Busia County, where 0 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Witaba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waitaba9288/
Witabai921/
Wetaba83497/
Bitaba83192/
Wutaba8321/
Witabo831/
Witaby830/
Waitaby77197/
Waitabi7737/
Vitabai7736/
Huitaba7731/
Uitabaj779/
Bitaaba776/
Weitaby773/
Bithaba772/
Bitabai771/
Whitaby770/
Vithabai71166/
Vittabai7127/
Whitebay7118/
Uitabhai7110/
Whittaby717/
Waitabih713/
Bitabhai711/
Waitteba711/
Huistaba711/
Bitabo67217/
Betaba6738/
Bitoba6729/
Bitabe6726/
Bitabi6724/
Weteba6721/
Vitoba6720/
Bitava6712/
Vithabhai674/
Vitabi672/
Vistabhat671/
Whittaber671/
Vetaba671/
Witebo671/
Whitebaai671/
Wetabo671/
Witave670/

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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 Witaba
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