Watli Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Watli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 244 | 1:216,974 | 18,128 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
The alternate forms: Wätli (5) are calculated separately.
Watli (677) may also be a first name.
Watli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watli is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Wätli. Click here for other possible spellings of Watli.
How Common Is The Last Name Watli? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watli is the 1,003,904th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. Watli is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Watli reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Watli is also the 318,411th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 677 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 216,974. In Tanzania Watli is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 96 percent live and Arusha Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Watli
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