Watis Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Watis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2281:580,04046,367
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
England31:18,572,686338,250
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Watis (202) may also be a first name.

Watis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watis (Hindi: वातिश, Marathi: वातीस) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 874,560th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Watis are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Watis is also the 637,340th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 202 people.

This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 580,040. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Sumatra, where 28 percent are found, South Sumatra, where 20 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 14 percent are found. Not including Indonesia it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.

Watis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watis has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 132 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Watis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Watis are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.55% being registered with the political party.

Watis earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.85% less than the national average, earning $33,720 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattis91313/
Watisp91199/
Waties9114/
Watise9111/
Watais916/
Watihs913/
Waitis912/
Watiss912/
Whatis912/
Wathis911/
Wastis910/
Watties83121/
Watisse8351/
Waitish833/
Waitiss831/
Wattise830/
Wattiss830/
Watoise830/
Batis806,044/
Wates801,305/
Vatis80222/
Watij8058/
Wetis8016/
Watys805/
Wotis802/
Watitsch771/
Wheaties771/
Wattiess770/
Waites737,369/
Batish733,389/
Batais731,323/
Battis73922/
Vathis73683/
Watich73449/
Bautis73294/
Watiez73238/
Bathis73191/
Vattis73157/
Vaitis73129/
Baitis73122/
Vatish7399/
Whates7393/
Vastis7393/
Waytes7381/
Wathes7370/
Wojtis7356/
Wattes7348/
Vatios7321/
Batisz7319/
Bateis7313/
Wettis735/
Wateus733/
Batiss733/
Batuis733/
Watese732/
Waticz732/
Beatis731/
Watesh731/
Watess731/
Vatgis731/
Vaetis731/
Wajtys731/
Baatis731/
Wateas730/
Vautis730/
Vaties730/
Weates730/
Uattis730/
Wattiez671,909/
Bathish671,557/
Battais671,332/
Whaites67417/
Battiss67163/
Battish67160/
Battois6739/
Beattis6736/
Wettish6710/
Batisch674/
Batthis674/
Wautiez674/
Wateshe674/
Wauthij674/
Wataysh674/
Waithes673/
Weathes673/
Wothuis673/
Baitish672/
Beatish672/
Huastis671/
Baithis671/
Wachtes671/
Waistes671/
Watteiz671/
Vaitish671/
Vattise671/
Vattist671/
Watteus671/
Watesse671/
Wojties671/
Bahthis671/
Baitais671/
Batheis671/
Waitich671/
Wheates670/
Weateas670/
Wattich670/
Batteis670/
Waitees670/
Waiteix670/
Bauthis670/
Whethis670/
Wattese670/

Watis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Watis in the Hindi language
वातिशvatisa-
Watis in the Marathi language
वातीसvatisa-

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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 Watis
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