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
Average Watai Salary in
United States
$50,815 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Watai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watai has its highest incidence in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant: Wataï or Wataî. Click here for further potential spellings of Watai.
How Common Is The Last Name Watai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 90,285th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,372,419 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Watai reside; 85 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Watai is also the 794,286th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 136 people.
The last name Watai is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 4,503 people, or 1 in 28,391. In Japan it is most numerous in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 41 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Watai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Watai surname are 30.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84% being registered with 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
- 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 Watai
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