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.
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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 carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 38,086th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 527,395 people. The surname Watan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Watan are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Watan is also the 111,600th most numerous first name globally It is held by 3,933 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 9,933 people, or 1 in 7,730. In Iran Watan is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 11 percent reside and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Iran this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 13 percent reside and Iraq, where 7 percent reside.
Watan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Watan surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with 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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