Atwater Surname
Approximately 6,109 people bear this surname
Atwater Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. the son of Walter.' Middle English Water, Old French Wauter and Watier.
'My name is Walter Whitmore. How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright? Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death.
Read More About This SurnameAtwater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,849 | 1:61,969 | 7,254 |
| Canada | 181 | 1:203,567 | 19,858 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 38 | 1:35,894 | 3,529 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,832 | 1:27,412 | 3,369 |
Atwater (12) may also be a first name.
Atwater Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. the son of Walter.' Middle English Water, Old French Wauter and Watier.
'My name is Walter Whitmore. How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright? Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. A cunning man did calculate my birth, And told me that by Water I should die.': 2 Henry VI, Act iv. sc. 1.
'The account of Wattare Taylor and Wyllyam Partrynge, benge churchewardens': Churchwardens Accounts, Ludlow, 1541, Cam. Soc.
Wauter de Cornwaille, 1313. Writs of Parliament.
Alicia Wartson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Wauterson, 1379: ibid.
John Waterson, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).
1579- Judith, d. of Water Arksone, stranger: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
1563. Baptised — William, son of Water Lancaster: St. Antholin (London).
— Buried — Water Right, servant to Richard Clarke: ibid.
1588. Margaret Watterson, of Cartmell: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
Married — Edward Waterson and Jane Harrison: St. Michael, Cornhill.
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the water'; compare Bywater, Attwood, Attwell, &c; v. Waters. This surname, having crossed the Atlantic, is more strongly represented in New York than London.
John Atte Water, Surrey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
William Ate Wattere, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Ate Water, Suffolk, ibid.
Elias Atewater, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Thomas atte Watyr, C .R., 4 Henry V.
Robert Atte Watre: Cal. of Wills in Court of Husting. Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.
Forms of 'Walters,' 'son of Walter.' which see. Alison Walters in Fishweicke, 1676 (Lauder). Sergeant-Major Watters distinguished himself in the first Great War and was promoted to captain.
(English) Dweller At the Water. [Middle English atte watere = Old English æt pœm wætere] Elias Atwatere.—Hundred Rolls
(English) Dweller at a stream or lake.
In some dialects, the word water is applied to lakes and rivers, as Ullswater, Derwent-water, Black-water. Upon the adoption of surnames by the common people, a person who resided near such a place would be called William or John Atte-Water, still retained in Attwater; but on the omission of the preposition in the XV. century, the name was pluralized to Waters. The latinizations are De Aqua and Ad Aquam. See Water.
Local. At (the) water.
Local. A name given to one who navigated the waters, or resided near them.
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Atwater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atwater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atwater has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atwater? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,813th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,192,920 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Atwater live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Atwater is also the 3,306,491st most common forename throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
Atwater is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 5,849 people, or 1 in 61,969. In The United States Atwater is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 10 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 1 percent reside.
Atwater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Atwater has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Atwater surname grew 319 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Atwater Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Atwater surname are 3.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.09% being registered with the party.
The amount Atwater earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $43,272 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.53% less than the national average, earning $45,444 CAD per year.
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Atwater Reference & Research
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