Watch Surname
Approximately 3,519 people bear this surname
Watch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,194 | 1:12,930 | 1,754 |
| Malawi | 1,176 | 1:14,557 | 2,276 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| England | 179 | 1:311,274 | 23,420 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Taiwan | 31 | 1:756,282 | 5,404 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | 1:61,999 | 4,975 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Niue | 1 | 1:1,614 | 145 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 43 | 1:566,869 | 29,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:507,259 | 35,553 |
Watch (1,281) may also be a first name.
Watch Demographics
Average Male Watch Height
173.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Watch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watch (Arabic: وتش, Oriya: ୱାଚ) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Watch.
How Common Is The Last Name Watch? popularity and diffusion
Watch is the 128,747th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,070,914 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Watch reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Watch is also the 220,239th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,281 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,194 people, or 1 in 12,930. In Zimbabwe Watch is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 25 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 71 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Watch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Watch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watch surname expanded 210 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 416 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Watch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Watch last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Watch earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.41% less than the national average, earning R 141,600 per year; in United States they earn 3.89% more than the national average, earning $44,829 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.88% less than the national average, earning $41,295 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watch in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଚ | waca | - |
| Watch in the Arabic language | ||
| وتش | wtsh | - |
| واتش | watsh | - |
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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 Watch
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