Watfi Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Watfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran271:2,843,79788,363
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Watfi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watfi is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watfi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,605,694th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Watfi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Watfi live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,843,797. In Iran it is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 67 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 30 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 4 percent reside. Barring Iran it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 40 percent reside and Kuwait, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watfai911/
Watfa801,399/
Watfe8034/
Watfy801/
Watfeh736/
Wattfy733/
Batfoi732/
Wattfa731/
Waitfa731/
Batfai731/
Watphai6731/
Ba'tfai671/
Huhatfi671/
Uatfa607/
Vatfa605/
Botfi601/
Wadfa601/
Batfy601/
Wadfy601/
Bátfai5538/
Botfai5516/
Batfay554/
Bâtfoi552/
Badfai551/
Beitfi551/
Wethfy551/
Wetfey551/
Watphet5052/
Wadphet5014/
Uatphio5013/
Bottfai501/

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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 Watfi
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