Waterway Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Waterway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Waterway (10) may also be a first name.
Waterway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waterway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waterway is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waterway? popularity and diffusion
Waterway is the 1,227,038th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Waterway occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waterway reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name worldwide, held by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 932,330. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 51 percent live, Delta, where 34 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watherway | 94 | 0 | / |
| Weatherway | 89 | 16 | / |
| Waterwai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Waterwash | 82 | 44 | / |
| Wetherway | 82 | 0 | / |
| Batherway | 82 | 0 | / |
| Baterwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waterby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weatherwas | 78 | 7 | / |
| Weatherwai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Waterwei | 75 | 107 | / |
| Watherby | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bateerwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Watarwah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waterbey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weaterby | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waterbuy | 75 | 0 | / |
| Botherway | 71 | 250 | / |
| Weatherbey | 67 | 11 | / |
| Baterva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baterba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weattherby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weatheerby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weatherrby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waterway
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