Watankhah Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Watankhah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watankhah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran371:2,075,20373,016
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Watankhah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watankhah is most common in Iran. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Watankhah.

How Common Is The Last Name Watankhah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watankhah is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Watankhah is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Watankhah are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

The surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 2,075,203. In Iran Watankhah is most frequent in: Ardabil Province, where 30 percent live, Qom Province, where 24 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 22 percent live. Not including Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watankha941/
Vatankhah894,469/
Wetankhah891/
Watanka8841/
Vatankhahs8432/
Vaatankhah8423/
Vatankha8210/
Vatankah821/
Watancha821/
Vatanchah78369/
Vatankhas7836/
Watanko758/
Vatanka754/
Wotanka750/
Vatankhouh741/
Vatanchash741/
Wojtanka7167/
Baitanka713/
Batancha711/
Watankoy711/
Watangko711/
Vatanchas6746/
Vatanchay6717/
Vatanchai6711/
Wetangkay674/
Vatankhoo671/

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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 Watankhah
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