Watawana Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Watawana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Watawana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watawana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watawana occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watawana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watawana is the 677,464th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. Watawana is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Watawana reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Apart from Sri Lanka it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wathawana | 94 | 8 | / |
| Wathawatna | 89 | 295 | / |
| Watawani | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wathawane | 82 | 4 | / |
| Batabana | 75 | 17 | / |
| Watavani | 75 | 8 | / |
| Uatawani | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vatavana | 75 | 7 | / |
| Watowane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Batobaana | 71 | 109 | / |
| Vathavana | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vaetavana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bataabana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wautabouna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watowanich | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Watawana
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