Watkar Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Watkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 479 | 1:1,601,389 | 59,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Watkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watkar (Marathi: वाटकर) occurs most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watkar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 625,459th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Watkar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 479 people, or 1 in 1,601,389. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent are found, Karnataka, where 1 percent are found and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where 0 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watkar in the Marathi language | ||
| वाटकर | vatakara | 86.35 |
| वातकर | vatakara | 4.43 |
| वटकर | vatakara | 3.32 |
| हटकर | hatakara | 1.11 |
| शंकर | sankara | 1.11 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 0.74 |
| बाटकर | batakara | 0.37 |
| वतकर | vatakara | 0.37 |
| नाकर | nakara | 0.37 |
| वाटेकर | vatekara | 0.37 |
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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 Watkar
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