Watfa Surname
Approximately 1,399 people bear this surname
Watfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 538 | 1:35,876 | 2,206 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Lebanon | 50 | 1:112,742 | 6,349 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| United Arab Emirates | 46 | 1:199,180 | 13,980 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Watfa (1,296) may also be a first name.
Watfa Demographics
Watfa Political Affiliation
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Watfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watfa (Arabic: طفة) is found most frequently in Syria. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Watfa is the 277,054th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,209,111 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 66 percent of Watfa reside; 66 percent reside in West Asia and 42 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 218,669th most common forename world-wide It is held by 1,296 people.
Watfa is most prevalent in Syria, where it is carried by 538 people, or 1 in 35,876. In Syria Watfa is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 82 percent reside and Homs Governorate, where 17 percent reside. Besides Syria it exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 20 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent reside.
Watfa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Watfa last name are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Watfa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.33% less than the national average, earning $39,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.74% less than the national average, earning $38,386 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watfa in the Arabic language | ||
| طفة | tft | - |
| وطفاء | wtfa | - |
| لطفة | ltft | - |
| وطفة | wtft | - |
| وطفا | wtfa | - |
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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 Watfa
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