Wattala Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Wattala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wattala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wattala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wattala (Arabic: اتالا) is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wattala.
How Common Is The Last Name Wattala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Wattala live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,835,210. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Est Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 27 percent live and Niger, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wattala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wattala in the Arabic language | ||
| اتالا | atala | - |
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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 Wattala
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