Watta Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Watta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 208 | 1:339,607 | 58,880 |
| Ivory Coast | 147 | 1:156,947 | 7,247 |
| Liberia | 130 | 1:33,912 | 3,168 |
| Kenya | 129 | 1:357,984 | 20,934 |
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| Benin | 103 | 1:100,346 | 11,409 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Watta (8,078) may also be a first name.
Watta Demographics
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Watta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺕ) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Watta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 290,346th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Watta live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 18 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 70,602nd most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 8,078 people.
Watta is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 339,607. In Thailand Watta is most frequent in: Uthai Thani Province, where 46 percent live, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 40 percent live and Bangkok, where 6 percent live. Aside from Thailand this last name occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.
Watta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Watta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watta surname rose 2,360 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Watta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Watta last name is predominantly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Watta surname are 22.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76% registered with the political party.
Watta earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.66% more than the national average, earning $51,200 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Watta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Watta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺕ | wat | - |
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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
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- 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 Watta
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