Watong Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Watong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watong (30) may also be a first name.
Watong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watong is the 1,173,425th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. Watong occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Watong reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most common first name at a global level, held by 30 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 42 percent live, West Region, where 24 percent live and Littoral Region, where 23 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 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 Watong
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