Watake Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Watake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 136 | 1:940,032 | 19,489 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Watake (65) may also be a first name.
Watake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watake (Marathi: वाटके) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Watake.
How Common Is The Last Name Watake? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. Watake is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Watake are found; 93 percent are found in East Asia and 93 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Watake is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 65 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 940,032. In Japan Watake is mostly found in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 92 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 3 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 1 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watake in the Marathi language | ||
| वाटके | vatake | 60 |
| वटके | vatake | 40 |
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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 Watake
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