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 occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 677,464th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Watama reside; 37 percent reside in East Asia and 37 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Watama is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 779,538. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 98 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 1 percent live and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 1 percent live. Apart from Japan Watama exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live and Uganda, where 21 percent live.
Watama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily 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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