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
Wathson has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wathson.
How Common Is The Last Name Wathson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wathson is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Wathson are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 77 people.
Wathson is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Wathson is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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