Watey Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Watey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Watey (8) may also be a first name.
Watey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Watey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 38 percent of Watey live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. Watey is also the 4,213,784th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 8 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Watey is most common in: Arkansas, where 50 percent reside and Texas, where 50 percent reside. Excluding The United States Watey occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
Watey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Watey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watey last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Watey
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