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 may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Watan.
How Common Is The Last Name Watan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,086th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 527,395 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Watan reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Watan is also the 111,600th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 3,933 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 9,933 people, or 1 in 7,730. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 11 percent reside and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Iran Watan exists in 30 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 13 percent reside and Iraq, where 7 percent reside.
Watan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Watan are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political 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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