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
Watou is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watou is the 274,674th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,153,851 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Watou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most common first name globally, borne by 48 people.
The surname Watou is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 1,260 people, or 1 in 5,752. Barring Togo Watou exists 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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