Watiem Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Watiem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watiem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748

Watiem (370) may also be a first name.

Watiem Last Name Facts

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

Watiem is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watiem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Watiem live; 80 percent live in Oceania Islands and 80 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 451,716th most common forename in the world, held by 370 people.

This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watijem926/
Watem91760/
Watim91726/
Waitem8355/
Wateme8345/
Watyim8335/
Watien839/
Batiem838/
Waitim837/
Wautem833/
Wataim831/
Wathem831/
Wathim831/
Wateem831/
Watime831/
Wahtem831/
Wattem830/
Wattien7735/
Wataime772/
Watheme772/
Wasteem771/
Wathuim771/
Beatiem771/
Wathime770/
Batem73735/
Batim73119/
Vatim7361/
Vatem7342/
Wetim7311/
Wetem732/
Wotem731/
Washtien717/
Whathien711/
Wattheim710/
Weatheim710/
Vattem671,366/
Bathem67312/
Batien67237/
Watjen67198/
Battem67164/
Watgen67160/
Vathem6791/
Bataim6746/
Battim6732/
Veatim6716/
Vateme678/
Vatime678/
Wootem677/
Bathim675/
Vattim675/
Vateem675/
Watyen675/
Vathim674/
Beatem673/
Bateem673/
Vastim672/
Baitim672/
Baytim672/
Vatien672/
Baitem671/
Wostim671/
Wethem671/
Wothem671/
Wehtim671/
Wedtem671/
Batuim671/
Wettem671/
Baatim671/
Beatim670/

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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 Watiem
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