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
Watse is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Watse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Watse is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 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. Watse is also the 633,892nd most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 204 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon Watse is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent live and West Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 45 percent live and Argentina, where 1 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 Watse
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