Watab Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Watab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Watab (22) may also be a first name.

Watab Last Name Facts

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

Watab is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Watab click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Watab live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Watab is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name globally, held by 22 people.

The surname Watab is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Aside from Egypt Watab is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Taiwan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattab912/
Wathab912/
Batab8041/
Watap8026/
Vatab807/
Watav801/
Baatab7355/
Baitab7337/
Vastab7336/
Watape7321/
Vaitab7312/
Batabh739/
Bathab735/
Wathap735/
Bataab734/
Wataip731/
Vatabh731/
Bataib731/
Bahatab67350/
Watthap675/
Vashtab673/
Baathab671/
Vahatab671/
Bahttab671/

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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 Watab
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