Watban Surname
Approximately 1,315 people bear this surname
Watban Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,284 | 1:27,275 | 1,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watban (680) may also be a first name.
Watban Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watban Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watban (Arabic: طبان) is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watban? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 291,033rd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,541,860 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Watban reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Levant. Watban is also the 317,548th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 680 people.
Watban is most widely held in Iraq, where it is held by 1,284 people, or 1 in 27,275. Barring Iraq Watban exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watban Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watban in the Arabic language | ||
| طبان | tban | - |
| وطبان | wtban | - |
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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 Watban
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