Watego Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Watego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1591:169,78417,425
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Watego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Watego Come From? nationality or country of origin

Watego is found most frequently in Australia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Watego.

How Common Is The Last Name Watego? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Watego live; 99 percent live in Australasia and 99 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Watego is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 169,784. In Australia Watego is primarily concentrated in: Queensland, where 67 percent are found, Northern Territory, where 20 percent are found and New South Wales, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Australia Watego exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wateago924/
Wataego921/
Waitego921/
Watega8397/
Watigo8334/
Wetego8331/
Watago837/
Watogo831/
Wathigo77320/
Wataigo77206/
Waitega7729/
Waitago775/
Wategha772/
Watigou772/
Waitigo772/
Wattago771/
Waitigho711/
Bateghoo711/
Waithigo711/
Batega67243/
Wataga6739/
Watoga6737/
Watiga6717/
Vatega675/
Batigo674/
Wetogo673/
Vatago673/
Wetago671/
Wetigo671/

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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 Watego
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