Watanen Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Watanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Watanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watanen is found most in Sweden. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watanen? popularity and diffusion
Watanen is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Watanen is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Watanen live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Kalmar County, where 45 percent live, Stockholm County, where 27 percent live and Uppsala County, where 27 percent live. Excluding Sweden Watanen occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waatainen | 88 | 30 | / |
| Vatanen | 86 | 1,582 | / |
| Wetanen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wettanen | 80 | 14 | / |
| Vaatanen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wettainen | 75 | 110 | / |
| Vaatainen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Batanin | 71 | 308 | / |
| Vatanin | 71 | 156 | / |
| Batanyn | 71 | 29 | / |
| Vetanen | 71 | 15 | / |
| Vatanyn | 71 | 8 | / |
| Watenin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatonen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatanina | 67 | 187 | / |
| Vahtonen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vettanen | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vatanyna | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vathenen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vaitonen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Batoinen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vattanin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Batannin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Batounen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vastanin | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Watanen
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