Watan Surname
Approximately 13,818 people bear this surname
Watan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 9,933 | 1:7,730 | 1,083 |
| Afghanistan | 1,834 | 1:17,532 | 969 |
| Iraq | 1,001 | 1:34,987 | 1,585 |
| Indonesia | 464 | 1:285,020 | 25,569 |
| Philippines | 367 | 1:275,853 | 40,185 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Watan (3,933) may also be a first name.
Watan Demographics
Average Watan Salary in
United States
$40,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Watan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watan (Arabic: واتن, Hindi: वतन, Marathi: वतन, Oriya: ୱତନ) is found most in Iran. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watan? popularity and diffusion
Watan is the 38,086th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 527,395 people. Watan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Watan live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Watan is also the 111,600th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 3,933 people.
The last name Watan is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 9,933 people, or 1 in 7,730. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 11 percent are found and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Iran Watan exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 13 percent are found and Iraq, where 7 percent are found.
Watan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Watan last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.
Watan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning $40,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watan in the Marathi language | ||
| वतन | vatana | - |
| Watan in the Hindi language | ||
| वतन | vatana | 85.71 |
| बतन | batana | 14.29 |
| Watan in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱତନ | watana | 50 |
| ଓତନ | otana | 50 |
| Watan in the Arabic language | ||
| واتن | watn | - |
| واطان | watan | - |
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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 Watan
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