Watse Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Watse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Watse (204) may also be a first name.
Watse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watse occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Watse live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 633,892nd most common first name worldwide, borne by 204 people.
Watse is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon Watse is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 98 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 45 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Watse
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