Vateh Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Vateh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 261 | 1:15,689 | 1,482 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Vateh (34) may also be a first name.
Vateh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vateh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vateh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﺗﺢ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vateh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. Vateh is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Vateh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Vateh is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 34 people.
Vateh is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 15,689. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 28 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 25 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vateh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vateh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﺗﺢ | fath | 96.77 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻪ | fath | 1.61 |
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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 Vateh
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