Watlen Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

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

Watlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea501:163,07422,562
England141:3,979,861125,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Watlen Last Name Facts

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

Watlen occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Watlen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watlen is the 2,394,033rd most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Watlen is predominantly found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Watlen reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 98 percent live and East New Britain, where 2 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wastlen920/
Watislen861/
Watlin837/
Batlen832/
Wotlen831/
Watelin7750/
Batelen775/
Whatlin774/
Wastlin772/
Battlen771/
Batllen771/
Watlind771/
Wootlen771/
Wattlin771/
Wautlin770/
Batln731/
Whatling711,067/
Wastling7189/
Wathling7152/
Wachtlin719/
Wattelin715/
Batillen712/
Waitling711/
Bathelen711/
Whatline711/
Vatlin67504/
Batlin6798/
Wachtling6746/
Vatlyn6730/
Wattellin6724/
Vetlen676/
Watillion673/
Wheatling673/
Batlyn672/
Wetlin672/
Wottelien671/
Baitln671/
Vatlenova671/
Watlim671/
Botlen671/

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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 Watlen
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