Watchson Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Watchson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Watchson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watchson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watchson is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watchson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watchson is the 5,812,366th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Watchson reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Watchson is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Watchson is most prevalent in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 86 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lithuania, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Watchson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Watchson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Watchson surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Watchson
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