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
The surname Watong is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,173,425th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. Watong is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Watong are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent given name internationally, held by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon Watong is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 42 percent are found, West Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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