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 is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Vatja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vatja? popularity and diffusion
Vatja is the 3,055,934th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Vatja occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vatja are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 137,418. In Finland it is most common in: Satakunta, where 75 percent are found, South Karelia, where 8 percent are found and Central Finland, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Finland Vatja occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found.
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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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