Watchen Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Watchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Watchen (191) may also be a first name.
Watchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watchen is carried by more people in Nicaragua than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watchen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Watchen live; 44 percent live in Central America and 44 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Watchen is also the 657,437th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 191 people.
Watchen is most frequently held in Nicaragua, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,505,272. In Nicaragua Watchen is mostly found in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nicaragua it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Watchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Watchen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watchen last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Watchen
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