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
Average Watta Salary in
United States
$51,200 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Watta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Watta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺕ) occurs most in Thailand. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watta? popularity and diffusion
Watta is the 290,346th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name Watta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Watta are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 18 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Watta is also the 70,602nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 8,078 people.
It is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 339,607. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Uthai Thani Province, where 46 percent are found, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 40 percent are found and Bangkok, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Thailand it occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and Liberia, where 10 percent are found.
Watta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Watta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watta surname grew 2,360 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Watta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Watta surname are 22.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76% registered to vote for the 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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