First Name
<100
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
283
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in 2010
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  1. Related Names
  2. Pronunciation
  3. Meanings and Origins
  4. Notable Persons Named Wat
  5. Notable Persons With the Last Name Wat
  6. Regional Popularity
  7. Ethnicity Distribution
  8. Fun Facts
  9. What Wats Have Visited This Page?
  10. Name Poster

How to Pronounce Wat

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Meaning and Origin

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Origin and Meaning of Wat

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Wiktionary

Borrowing from Thai วัด (wát).

  1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
    There are two near this village.
    Angkor

Borrowing from Amharic [Term?].

  1. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Variation of what.

Origin unclear; possibly from what.

    wat was also found in the following language(s): Afrikaans, Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, Middle Dutch, Middle English, Middle Low German, Old Dutch, Old High German, Polish, Portuguese, Transylvanian Saxon, Vilamovian, and West Frisian

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    Notable Persons Named Wat

    Wat T. Cluverius IV

    Wat was born on December 4th, 1934 in Arlington, Massachusetts. Wat is also known as Cluverius IV and Wat Tyler. He died on February 14th, 2010.

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    Wat Jones

    Wat was born on July 6th, 1917 in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. He passed away on August 23rd, 1994.

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    Notable Persons With the Last Name Wat

    Aleksander Wat

    Aleksander was born on May 1st, 1900 in Warsaw. He left this life on July 29th, 1967.

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    Teresa Wat

    Teresa Wat is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Richmond Centre. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2013 to present.

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    Where is the name Wat popular?

    International Interest for Wat

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    Popularity in the US

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    Popularity of Wat as a last name

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    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Wat U.S.
    █  White 12.72% 64.26%
    █  African American 4.24% 11.96%
    █  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 74.91% 4.85%
    █  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
    █  Two or More Ethnicities 6.71% 1.76%
    █  Hispanic or Latino 0.00% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Wat

    People with the last name Wat are most frequently White or Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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    Fun Facts about the name Wat

    • How Popular is the name Wat? As a last name Wat was the 69,392nd most popular name in 2010.
    • When was the first name Wat first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the name Wat is Tuesday, August 16th, 1881.
    • How unique is the name Wat? From 1880 to 2017 less than 5 people per year have been born with the first name Wat. Hoorah! You are a unique individual.
    • Weird things about the name Wat: Your name in reverse order is Taw. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Wta. How do you pronounce that?
    • How many people have the last name Wat? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 283 people with the last name Wat.
    • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Wat? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Wat as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.0m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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    What Wats Have Visited This Page?

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    Name poster for Wat

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