Wataya Surname
Approximately 5,396 people bear this surname
Wataya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 4,597 | 1:27,810 | 2,811 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Wataya (42) may also be a first name.
Wataya Demographics
Average Wataya Salary in
United States
$13,475 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wataya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wataya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wataya is found most frequently in Japan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wataya? popularity and diffusion
Wataya is the 88,970th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,350,546 people. The surname Wataya is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Wataya reside; 85 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Wataya is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 42 people.
The last name Wataya is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 4,597 people, or 1 in 27,810. In Japan Wataya is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 22 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Wataya Last Name Statistics demography
Wataya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.77% less than the national average, earning $13,475 USD per year.
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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 Wataya
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