Watiau Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Watiau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
Watiau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watiau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watiau is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watiau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Watiau live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 1,088,897. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 92 percent live, Occitanie, where 5 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent live. Beside France it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattiau | 92 | 474 | / |
| Wastiau | 92 | 174 | / |
| Watiaux | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wattieau | 86 | 12 | / |
| Watieaux | 86 | 3 | / |
| Watthiau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Batiau | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wattieaux | 80 | 22 | / |
| Battiau | 77 | 187 | / |
| Vastiau | 77 | 105 | / |
| Batieau | 77 | 12 | / |
| Bautieau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Botiau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bottiau | 62 | 238 | / |
| Boutiau | 62 | 55 | / |
| Boitiau | 62 | 40 | / |
| Wateohu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vaatyau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Battiou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bouttiau | 57 | 57 | / |
| Bottieau | 57 | 6 | / |
| Wateouou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vaithiou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wateou'ou | 53 | 7 | / |
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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 Watiau
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