Wattaya Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wattaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wattaya (26) may also be a first name.
Wattaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wattaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wattaya is most common in Thailand. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wattaya? popularity and diffusion
Wattaya is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Wattaya is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Wattaya reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 26 people.
The surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 5,886,529. In Thailand Wattaya is primarily found in: Bangkok, where 58 percent live, Narathiwat Province, where 8 percent live and Nonthaburi Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 7 percent live and Switzerland, where 7 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 Wattaya
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