Watet Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Watet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Watet Last Name Facts

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

Watet is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Watet occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Watet live; 49 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Watet is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Watet is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 67 percent reside, Morobe, where 28 percent reside and Madang, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 41 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watete9151/
Wathet912/
Waitete8361/
Waithet8338/
Wathete834/
Watetch834/
Wastett831/
Waitett831/
Washtet830/
Wachtet830/
Batet801,432/
Wated80104/
Wotet8036/
Watit805/
Vatet804/
Wetet803/
Waystedt7738/
Waistedt7714/
Wasstedt775/
Wasteste775/
Wahstedt772/
Waateete771/
Battet73172/
Watyot73167/
Vatete7399/
Bateet7399/
Vaytet7380/
Vastet7336/
Watite7323/
Wotete7314/
Watted7313/
Waitit739/
Waited735/
Bautet733/
Bathet732/
Vatiet731/
Watedd731/
Watead730/
Watehette710/
Baithet67141/
Vastest6789/
Vaatete6748/
Waasted6742/
Battett675/
Vatteth674/
Waithed674/
Bauthet672/
Waitite671/
Waathit671/
Vatette671/
Wathead671/
Watuite671/
Wattegy671/
Baathet671/
Woteete671/
Wettedt670/
Bathett670/
Wottets670/
Wastead670/
Whettet670/

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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 Watet
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