Watawa Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Watawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 37 | 1:15,676 | 2,975 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Watawa (14) may also be a first name.
Watawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watawa is borne by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Watawa are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 39 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name in the world, held by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Solomon Islands, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 15,676. In The Solomon Islands Watawa is most numerous in: Makira Province, where 78 percent reside, Malaita Province, where 19 percent reside and Guadalcanal Province, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account The Solomon Islands this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside.
Watawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Watawa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Watawa last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattawa | 92 | 64 | / |
| Wathawa | 92 | 8 | / |
| Waitawa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Wataway | 92 | 4 | / |
| Wastawa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wataawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waitawat | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wattawad | 86 | 2 | / |
| Waitaiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wattawat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wotawa | 83 | 590 | / |
| Watowa | 83 | 97 | / |
| Watawi | 83 | 20 | / |
| Watawo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Watewa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Vatawa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Uatawa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Watawy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Watawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Watava | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wottawa | 77 | 281 | / |
| Wathowa | 77 | 106 | / |
| Waitaba | 77 | 88 | / |
| Woutawa | 77 | 24 | / |
| Batawea | 77 | 21 | / |
| Vatawat | 77 | 15 | / |
| Wodtawa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Waitewa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Watewai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Watowai | 77 | 6 | / |
| Vastawa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Batahwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Watawer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wastawy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watgowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wetaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wojtawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watawee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waytowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wastava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Watawei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wattowa | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wottawah | 71 | 11 | / |
| Watouwai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Watahabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woudtawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vattawad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bathaway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bataba | 67 | 1,788 | / |
| Batava | 67 | 66 | / |
| Vatava | 67 | 60 | / |
| Watave | 67 | 36 | / |
| Watavi | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wotava | 67 | 17 | / |
| Votawa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Batawy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wateva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Watavo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Watova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Watoba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wetava | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waththawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wotawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wotawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Batajwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vetawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watthawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wattawech | 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 Watawa
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