Watanofan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Watanofan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watanofan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger171:1,128,94224,295
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Watanofan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watanofan is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watanofan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Watanofan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Watanofan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa.

This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 71 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 29 percent reside. Excluding Niger this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Watanofan
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