Watame Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Watame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Watame (19) may also be a first name.
Watame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watame (Marathi: वाटाणे) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Watame is primarily found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Watame reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 19 people.
The surname Watame is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 64 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 36 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watame in the Marathi language | ||
| वाटाणे | vatane | - |
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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 Watame
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