Vatanabe Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Vatanabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vatanabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2231:959,97534,174
Russia801:1,801,538116,326
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vatanabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vatanabe (Russian: Ватанабэ) is found most in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Vatanabe.

How Common Is The Last Name Vatanabe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vatanabe is the 860,770th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Vatanabe live; 71 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 959,975. In Brazil Vatanabe is most common in: São Paulo, where 63 percent are found, Paraná, where 14 percent are found and Rondônia, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 25 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.

Vatanabe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Vatanabe last name is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vatanabe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vatanabe in the Russian language
Ватанабэvatanabe-

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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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  • 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 Vatanabe
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