Watama Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Watama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 164 | 1:779,538 | 17,923 |
| Zimbabwe | 99 | 1:155,942 | 19,667 |
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watama (18) may also be a first name.
Watama Demographics
Watama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Watama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watama is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 677,464th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Watama live; 37 percent live in East Asia and 37 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Watama is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
Watama is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 779,538. In Japan Watama is most prevalent in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 98 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 1 percent reside and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Japan this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and Uganda, where 21 percent reside.
Watama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Watama last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Watama
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