Wattie Surname
Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname
Wattie Surname Definition:
A double diminutive of Walter, which see. With Mac it gives Macwattte.
Wattie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 367 | 1:100,397 | 10,910 |
| United States | 218 | 1:1,662,656 | 110,804 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| Australia | 86 | 1:313,904 | 27,145 |
| New Zealand | 79 | 1:57,321 | 9,018 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:87,767 | 6,275 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 103 | 1:36,342 | 2,873 |
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Wattie (223) may also be a first name.
Wattie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A double diminutive of Walter, which see. With Mac it gives Macwattte.
=Watt (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -ie. [WATTIS] = Wattie's (Son): v. Wattie.
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Wattie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wattie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wattie has its highest incidence in Canada. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wattie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 338,461st most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,704,274 people. Wattie occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Wattie live; 54 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wattie is also the 603,623rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 223 people.
It is most common in Canada, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 100,397. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 52 percent are found, Alberta, where 20 percent are found and British Columbia, where 15 percent are found. Besides Canada Wattie occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
Wattie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wattie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wattie surname rose 1,453 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 913 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 41 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wattie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wattie surname is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wattie last name are 21.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.57% registered with the political party.
The amount Wattie earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.88% less than the national average, earning R 197,520 per year; in United States they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $45,245 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $48,787 CAD per year.
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