Watou Surname
Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname
Watou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Watou (48) may also be a first name.
Watou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watou is most common in Togo. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 274,674th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,153,851 people. Watou is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Watou are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 48 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is borne by 1,260 people, or 1 in 5,752. Without taking into account Togo this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Watou
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