Watban Surname

291,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Watban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq1,2841:27,2751,384
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

Watban (Arabic: طبان) is more frequently found in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watban? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 291,033rd most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,541,860 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Watban live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant. It is also the 317,548th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 680 people.

The surname is most frequent in Iraq, where it is carried by 1,284 people, or 1 in 27,275. Outside of Iraq this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whatban921/
Whatband860/
Watbon832/
Batban831/
Watboon775/
Baitban771/
Vatbane771/
Baathban711/
Batvan672/
Wattenpan670/
Battbon621/
Botbon501/

Watban Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Watban in the Arabic language
طبانtban-
وطبانwtban-

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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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