Vatafu Surname

258,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Vatafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vatafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,5031:13,3591,712
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Vătafu (446) & Vätafu (4) are calculated separately.

Vatafu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vatafu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Vătafu or Vätafu. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Vatafu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 258,654th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,791,286 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vatafu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Vatafu is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 1,503 people, or 1 in 13,359. In Romania Vatafu is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent live, Constanța County, where 12 percent live and Vâlcea County, where 10 percent live. Besides Romania it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Vatafu Last Name Statistics demography

Vatafu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 94.38% more than the national average, earning $83,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vătafu94446/
Vätafu944/
Batafu831/
Vaatofu779/
Batofu674/
Watofu671/
Batafoe6220/
Fatofou621/
Boutafou573/
Boutafoust504/
Wotofu501/

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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 Vatafu
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