Watking Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Watking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Liberia61:734,75629,369
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Watking (12) may also be a first name.

Watking Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watking is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watking? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Watking reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Watking is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Tennessee, where 21 percent live, Alabama, where 14 percent live and California, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Watking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watking has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 140 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 70 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Watking Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Watking last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Watking earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.24% less than the national average, earning $36,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattking931/
Whatkings880/
Wadking864/
Watcing861/
Wetking860/
Watching801,277/
Waddking801/
Wedking711/
Badking711/
Botking710/
Whedking672/
Watcheng671/
Woodking670/
Bodking571/
Woodching502/

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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 Watking
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