Vatja Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Vatja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 40 | 1:137,418 | 12,919 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Vatja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vatja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vatja occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vatja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Vatja live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widespread in Finland, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 137,418. In Finland it is primarily found in: Satakunta, where 75 percent live, South Karelia, where 8 percent live and Central Finland, where 5 percent live. Barring Finland this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 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 Vatja
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