Watchueng Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Watchueng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Watchueng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watchueng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watchueng is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Watchueng.
How Common Is The Last Name Watchueng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,497,948th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Watchueng live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 167,492. In Cameroon Watchueng is most common in: Centre Region, where 47 percent are found, West Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchung | 94 | 2 | / |
| Wotchueng | 89 | 50 | / |
| Watchuing | 89 | 10 | / |
| Huatchueng | 84 | 50 | / |
| Wotchoueng | 84 | 2 | / |
| Watching | 82 | 1,277 | / |
| Wochueng | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hwoutchueng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wotchuing | 78 | 8 | / |
| Boutchueng | 74 | 166 | / |
| Wetching | 71 | 3 | / |
| Woetching | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bouchueng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boutchuing | 63 | 17 | / |
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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 Watchueng
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