Witata Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Witata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Witata Last Name Facts

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

Witata occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Witata click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witata? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Witata live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Witata is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Witata is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 93 percent are found and West Sepik, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wittata922/
Whitatad862/
Witautas861/
Vitata83357/
Witati8395/
Bitata8388/
Wetata8310/
Witato834/
Wutata831/
Witate830/
Wetatta77109/
Westata7761/
Veitata779/
Waitati772/
Vithata772/
Vittata771/
Bitaata771/
Waitato771/
Waytata771/
Vitatha771/
Vitasta771/
Baitata771/
Withathi7152/
Vitautas7114/
Vithatha714/
Waitaiti711/
Witautis711/
Waitathi711/
Wettatea711/
Biteatea711/
Vaaitata711/
Wytautas711/
Wichtati711/
Beittata711/
Bitota679,795/
Vitate67166/
Witoto67136/
Vitato6779/
Vetata6768/
Vutata6749/
Vitota6734/
Betata6734/
Bitate6719/
Wetati6713/
Vitati6711/
Wetato672/
Vitaty671/
Vistathap671/
Waithathi671/
Whitatter670/
Whittater670/

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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
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  • 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 Witata
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