Waterall Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Waterall Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Teut.) repr. the M. French Gauterel, mod. Gautereau, Gautreau; from (with diminutive suff. -el) Gauter, Gautier, Gualter, O. Teutonic Walther: v. Walter.

Waterall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:373,94726,392
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Waterall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Teut.) repr. the M. French Gauterel, mod. Gautereau, Gautreau; from (with diminutive suff. -el) Gauter, Gautier, Gualter, O. Teutonic Walther: v. Walter.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Gervasius Waterel, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John de Waterhulle, Eng. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From Waterfall; a location name in Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Waterall Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waterall is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterall? popularity and diffusion

Waterall is the 1,202,518th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname Waterall is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Waterall reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 373,947. In England Waterall is mostly found in: Derbyshire, where 36 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 36 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 5 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Scotland, where 4 percent live.

Waterall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Waterall has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 620 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waterall Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Waterall are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

Waterall earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.89% less than the national average, earning $39,312 USD per year.

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