Watson Forename
20,431st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 44,278 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi
Watson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 100% | 11,972 | 1:1,429 | 295 |
| Zambia | - | 7,223 | 1:2,195 | 394 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,951 | 1:2,592 | 469 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,940 | 1:2,171 | 344 |
| United States | 100% | 3,358 | 1:107,962 | 4,666 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,314 | 1:22,813 | 2,235 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,865 | 1:114,872 | 6,105 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 705 | 1:43,191 | 3,685 |
| South Africa | 100% | 690 | 1:79,033 | 6,976 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 664 | 1:111,186 | 5,786 |
| Ghana | 100% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 525 | 1:15,528 | 1,552 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 322 | 1:1,804 | 324 |
| Peru | 100% | 311 | 1:102,223 | 3,650 |
| Kenya | 100% | 303 | 1:152,829 | 6,836 |
| Canada | 100% | 290 | 1:114,253 | 5,511 |
| India | 100% | 233 | 1:5,214,069 | 196,571 |
| Uganda | 99% | 225 | 1:182,031 | 6,536 |
| England | 95% | 207 | 1:268,613 | 7,102 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 199 | 1:892,283 | 23,192 |
| Liberia | 95% | 196 | 1:22,511 | 1,525 |
| China | - | 142 | 1:9,620,111 | 59,600 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Philippines | 99% | 105 | 1:1,009,614 | 27,434 |
| Scotland | 100% | 95 | 1:56,320 | 1,691 |
| Indonesia | - | 94 | 1:2,744,294 | 129,289 |
| Australia | - | 77 | 1:177,372 | 4,792 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 38 | 1:794,787 | 18,429 |
| Thailand | 100% | 38 | 1:1,843,837 | 53,473 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 37 | 1:5,189 | 824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 33 | 1:41,255 | 3,938 |
| Singapore | 100% | 30 | 1:209,568 | 8,585 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 29 | 1:745,190 | 21,385 |
| New Zealand | - | 27 | 1:168,002 | 5,821 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Colombia | - | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Germany | 100% | 9 | 1:10,741,986 | 35,913 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Ireland | 95% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Switzerland | - | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| France | 100% | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Hungary | 67% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
The alternate forms: Watsón (1) are calculated separately.
Watson (576,826) may also be a surname.
Watson Forename Popularity
Watson Demographics
Average Male Watson Height
173.95 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 130 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Watson