Watanama Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Watanama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watanama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Watanama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watanama is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Watanama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Watanama live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 75 percent reside and South Sulawesi, where 25 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Ghana, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Batanama881,260/
Watanami885/
Wataname882/
Watanamit822/
Whataname821/
Wattanamit786/
Wotaname751/
Vatanami751/
Bataname751/
Watthanamit7436/
Wattanameee741/
Whatoname7136/
Batanamou711/
Batonamo631/
Batonome503/

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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 Watanama
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