Witira Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Witira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Witira (6) may also be a first name.
Witira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witira is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Witira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Witira reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Witira is also the 4,967,096th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 6 people.
The last name Witira is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Witira is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent live and Kakamega County, where 50 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 percent live.
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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 Witira
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