Family name واتارا (Uattara 
, Outtara 
, واتارا) , all over the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen واتارا is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mali, where it is quite a rare surname, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso, where it is a rare surname. Much less frequently, واتارا is the forename as well as the last name.