Watawat Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Watawat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watawat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines981:1,033,04387,420
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588

Watawat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watawat is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watawat? popularity and diffusion

The surname Watawat is the 1,839,022nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. Watawat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Watawat reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Watawat is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,033,043. In The Philippines Watawat is primarily found in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 96 percent are found, Central Luzon, where 2 percent are found and Bicol, where 1 percent are found. Besides The Philippines this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wathawat9314/
Waitawat932/
Wattawat931/
Vatawat8615/
Watewat864/
Wattawad802/
Batabat71104/
Vatavat7122/
Votawat7111/
Batavat717/
Vatavate6712/
Bathabat674/
Vatavath673/
Battabat673/
Bathavat672/
Bathawad671/
Vattawad671/
Wattewad671/
Batavath671/

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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 Watawat
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