Wathson Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wathson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wathson (77) may also be a first name.
Wathson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wathson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wathson occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wathson click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wathson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wathson is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Wathson occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wathson live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread first name in the world, held by 77 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Wathson
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