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 last name Wathson occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wathson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wathson is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found 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 numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 77 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Wathson is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Wathson exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 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 Wathson
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