Watambe Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Watambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Watambe (21) may also be a first name.

Watambe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Watambe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Watambe is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Watambe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Watambe is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Watambe live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 21 people.

The last name Watambe is most common in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 75 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 25 percent reside. Outside of India it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watamba86334/
Vatambe86143/
Batambe86109/
Watanbe8646/
Watombe8629/
Watembe864/
Wathombe802/
Watosmbe801/
Vathambe801/
Vatambee801/
Batombe71109/
Wotembe7175/
Watomba7162/
Batambi7124/
Vetambe712/
Wotamba712/
Watembi712/
Wetembe711/
Batoumbe673/
Baitambi671/
Whetembe671/
Wathombio631/
Botombe57323/
Wotomba5734/
Batombi574/
Vatanve572/
Wetembi571/
Vetembe571/
Vetambi571/
Batoumbi5337/
Baitombi534/
Boutambé531/
Botambay531/
Bothamby530/
Baithombi501/
Beatomboy501/

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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
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  • 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 Watambe
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