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
Watama is found most in Japan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 677,464th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 at a global level It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 779,538. In Japan Watama is most frequent in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 98 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 1 percent are found and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Japan Watama exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 21 percent are found.
Watama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Watama last name is chiefly 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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