Wateu Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Wateu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 146 | 1:142,254 | 15,835 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wateu (14) may also be a first name.
Wateu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wateu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wateu is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wateu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wateu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wateu is the 1,428,594th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Wateu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wateu are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wateu is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 142,254. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Wateu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wateu
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