Waterer Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Waterer Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller by the Water [Old English wœter + the agential suff. -ere] Cp. Brooker.

Waterer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2161:257,95420,673
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada491:751,95159,756
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1861:131,05012,125
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Waterer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller by the Water [Old English wœter + the agential suff. -ere] Cp. Brooker.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

For Vautrier or Veltrier, from V., near Cambray, Flanders. William de Veltrier held three fiefs from Albini, in Norfolk, 1165 (Lib. Niger).

The Norman People (1874)

Waterer: a boatman on the Thames.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Waterer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waterer occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waterer is the 628,294th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. Waterer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 46 percent of Waterer live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 46 percent live in British Isles.

Waterer is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 257,954. In England Waterer is most frequent in: Greater London, where 17 percent are found, Hampshire, where 12 percent are found and Surrey, where 9 percent are found. Besides England Waterer is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Waterer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Waterer has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Waterer surname grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,009 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waterer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Waterer are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the political party.

The amount Waterer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27.54% less than the national average, earning R 172,188 per year; in United States they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning $46,035 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.5% more than the national average, earning $63,344 CAD per year.

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