Wato Surname
Approximately 5,696 people bear this surname
Wato Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,721 | 1:26,833 | 3,001 |
| Indonesia | 887 | 1:149,097 | 14,662 |
| Pakistan | 820 | 1:217,858 | 5,167 |
| DR Congo | 705 | 1:104,794 | 11,642 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Cameroon | 366 | 1:56,746 | 7,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 315 | 1:25,885 | 2,870 |
| Japan | 143 | 1:894,016 | 19,051 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Wato (2,191) may also be a first name.
Wato Demographics
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Wato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wato Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wato is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wato.
How Common Is The Last Name Wato? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 84,772nd most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,279,415 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Wato are found; 30 percent are found in East Africa and 21 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 160,034th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 2,191 people.
The surname Wato is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,721 people, or 1 in 26,833. In Kenya Wato is mostly found in: Marsabit County, where 70 percent are found, Kwale County, where 16 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and Pakistan, where 14 percent are found.
Wato Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (57%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wato surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Wato earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning $34,031 USD per year.
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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 Wato
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