Watano Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Watano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watano (12) may also be a first name.
Watano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watano occurs most in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watano? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 34 percent of Watano live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Chadic Africa. Watano is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The surname Watano is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,744,729. In Niger Watano is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Japan, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattano | 92 | 101 | / |
| Waitano | 92 | 45 | / |
| Wathano | 92 | 15 | / |
| Watanou | 92 | 3 | / |
| Watthano | 86 | 15 | / |
| Wattanoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Watannou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Watono | 83 | 332 | / |
| Watana | 83 | 248 | / |
| Vatano | 83 | 19 | / |
| Whatthano | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wattana | 77 | 3,168 | / |
| Vattano | 77 | 65 | / |
| Baatano | 77 | 56 | / |
| Waitono | 77 | 33 | / |
| Wathana | 77 | 29 | / |
| Waitana | 77 | 13 | / |
| Wgatana | 77 | 7 | / |
| Watanah | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wahtono | 77 | 4 | / |
| Watgana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Batanou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vatanou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vatango | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wataina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baytano | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vatanno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaitano | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watanas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Batanoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watthana | 71 | 6,890 | / |
| Wahatana | 71 | 17 | / |
| Wattanat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wadthana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bathanoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watoungo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hwatonou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weistano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatangou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watangah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wathanat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wattanah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wattanap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vatthano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batana | 67 | 5,042 | / |
| Votano | 67 | 684 | / |
| Vatana | 67 | 310 | / |
| Wotono | 67 | 29 | / |
| Bataño | 67 | 20 | / |
| Waithanga | 67 | 16 | / |
| Watona | 67 | 12 | / |
| Botano | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wotana | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uatana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Batthanoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Watthanat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watthanas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vatono | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wattonnot | 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
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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 Watano
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