Watani Surname

421,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Watani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1911:935,30812,541
South Africa1331:407,35135,714
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kenya691:669,27429,584
Papua New Guinea681:119,90816,326
Afghanistan681:472,8416,152
Yemen631:419,44910,534
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Watani (139) may also be a first name.

Watani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watani is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 421,345th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,854,855 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Watani live; 33 percent live in South Asia and 32 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Watani is also the 784,558th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 139 people.

This last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 935,308. In Pakistan Watani is most numerous in: Sindh, where 100 percent are found. Other than Pakistan it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent are found and Egypt, where 15 percent are found.

Watani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.

Watani earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.16% less than the national average, earning R 184,980 per year.

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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 Watani
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