Wattrus Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wattrus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wattrus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1611:336,50731,327
England381:1,466,26563,675
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Wattrus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wattrus is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wattrus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. Wattrus occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Wattrus live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 336,507. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 31 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Wattrus Last Name Statistics demography

Wattrus earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.43% more than the national average, earning R 438,276 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattrous930/
Wattruss930/
Watrus9274/
Watrous862,848/
Battrus860/
Watreus860/
Watruss860/
Watraus860/
Wattrhouse820/
Watrouse8020/
Waiterus805/
Wettreus801/
Battrous801/
Wastrous800/
Wautrous800/
Watros77260/
Batrus7757/
Vatrus776/
Wetrus774/
Battrusch751/
Watrhouse751/
Vettrus7183/
Beatrus7172/
Wetrhus7155/
Batrous7134/
Vahtrus718/
Bottrus717/
Bathrus714/
Vaitrus712/
Vatrush712/
Vatrust711/
Batrush710/
Watross710/
Beatrous6742/
Batroush672/
Batrouss672/
Waiterhouse672/

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Wattrus Reference & Research

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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 Wattrus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis