Wattig Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wattig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wattig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wattig Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wattig Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wattig occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wattig? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Wattig are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Wattig is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Wattig is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 47 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Wattig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wattig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wattig surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watig9154/
Wettig831,555/
Battig83558/
Wattik8322/
Vattig8311/
Wathig831/
Wottig830/
Wattick7722/
Beattig771/
Wuettig770/
Watik731,837/
Batig73184/
Wateg7319/
Wetig7316/
Watiq731/
Wotig731/
Bättig673,007/
Wathiq67363/
Waitik67127/
Wuetig6738/
Bottig6727/
Weitig6722/
Böttig6716/
Wahtik6711/
Batteg6710/
Batigh676/
Wathik675/
Bautig673/
Battic673/
Watike673/
Badtig672/
Beatig671/
Vaitig671/
Vathig671/
Wastiq671/
Wattek670/

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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 Wattig
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