Watke Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Watke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 122 | 1:2,970,975 | 173,956 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Wätke (53) are calculated separately.
Watke Demographics
Average Watke Salary in
United States
$49,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Watke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watke (Marathi: वाटके) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as: Wätke. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watke is the 1,286,243rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Watke reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Watke is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 2,970,975. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 19 percent live, Nebraska, where 14 percent live and Minnesota, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Watke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Watke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watke last name expanded 718 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Watke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Watke surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.41% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Watke earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.98% more than the national average, earning $49,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $48,960 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watke in the Marathi language | ||
| वाटके | vatake | 50 |
| वटके | vatake | 50 |
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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 Watke
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