Watai Surname
Approximately 5,310 people bear this surname
Watai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 4,503 | 1:28,391 | 2,849 |
| Papua New Guinea | 421 | 1:19,367 | 1,985 |
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| United States | 120 | 1:3,020,491 | 176,226 |
| Pakistan | 53 | 1:3,370,639 | 25,973 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Wataï (60) & Wataî (3) are calculated separately.
Watai (136) may also be a first name.
Watai Demographics
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Watai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watai is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Wataï or Wataî. For other potential spellings of Watai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 90,285th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,372,419 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Watai live; 85 percent live in East Asia and 85 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Watai is also the 794,286th most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 136 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 4,503 people, or 1 in 28,391. In Japan Watai is mostly found in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 41 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent reside. Beside Japan this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Watai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Watai last name are 30.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Watai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.77% more than the national average, earning $50,815 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.11% more than the national average, earning $53,713 CAD per year.
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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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- 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
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