Wateh Surname
Approximately 755 people bear this surname
Wateh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 723 | 1:97,702 | 13,914 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wateh (28) may also be a first name.
Wateh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wateh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wateh is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wateh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wateh is the 450,362nd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,652,379 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wateh reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 28 people.
This surname is most widespread in Thailand, where it is carried by 723 people, or 1 in 97,702. In Thailand Wateh is most numerous in: Narathiwat Province, where 53 percent reside, Pattani Province, where 21 percent reside and Yala Province, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand Wateh is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Wateh
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