Watuna Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Watuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2321:570,04045,647
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Watuna (57) may also be a first name.

Watuna Last Name Facts

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

Watuna is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watuna? popularity and diffusion

Watuna is the 734,496th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The surname Watuna is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Watuna are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 64 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.

The last name Watuna is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 570,040. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 98 percent reside and Papua, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wathuna921/
Watunai921/
Waatunga861/
Waitunoa861/
Batuna83682/
Watuni8359/
Vatuna8341/
Watona8312/
Waitouina8010/
Watinah77203/
Wotunga77125/
Wahtuni7730/
Bathuna7714/
Battuna778/
Batauna775/
Batouna775/
Vatunga774/
Batuina774/
Wostuna773/
Baituna772/
Watauni772/
Wotouna772/
Uhatuna771/
Batuhna771/
Wetuena771/
Batunna771/
Watuniy771/
Waetinah715/
Vastunas714/
Bahtouna711/
Waitunge711/
Wataunyi711/
Watoungo711/
Botuna671,088/
Batuni67196/
Vetuna67118/
Batune6732/
Batuno6716/
Wotuni679/
Watone673/
Votuna672/
Watony671/
Vathunath671/
Weitaunat671/
Watoungou671/

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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
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  • 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 Watuna
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