Waterhouse Surname

35,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,773 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Waterhouse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the water-house,' from residence thereby. Evidently many small localities were so called in various districts.

1585. Henry Waterhouse, Hertfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Waterhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,1121:9,1161,331
United States4,9591:73,0918,433
Australia1,8321:14,7362,092
Canada8341:44,1795,457
New Zealand3991:11,3491,978
Wales1121:27,6302,845
Scotland811:66,0975,205
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Honduras401:220,4112,340
France401:1,660,568152,033
Costa Rica281:170,7172,334
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Jamaica191:151,0505,132
Austria141:608,24554,975
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Norway71:734,61250,907
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Malta41:107,5681,849
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China21:683,660,78330,601
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Macau21:300,8151,009
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,5531:5,354815
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales101:156,8426,008
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6791:29,9103,628

Waterhouse (28) may also be a first name.

Waterhouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the water-house,' from residence thereby. Evidently many small localities were so called in various districts.

1585. Henry Waterhouse, Hertfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1591. Edward Waterhowse, Sussex: ibid.

1567. Married — Thomas Waterhowse and Marie Kirbie: St. Mary Aldermary.

1666. Stephen Waterhowse and Elizabeth Cod: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the House by the Water [Old English wœter + hús] There is a place called Waterhouses in Durham.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the house by the lake or stream.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local, in Lincolnshire. The first recorded ancestor is Sir Gilbert Waterhouse, or Ab Aquae Domo, who was of Kirton in that shire, temp. Henry III. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

For Wastheose. Alan Wastehose, or Wastheose, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Alan W. 1198 (Ib.); Roger de Wateruse, Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis); Alan Wasthose, Engl. 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Ralph, Richard Wasthouse, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Staffordshire.

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

The source of the name of Waterhouse is a little doubtful. Waterhouses is the name of a place in the neighbouring county of Stafford, and of a village in the county of Durham. De Watenhou was a Notts family name in the 13th century (H. R.). An ancient Lincolnshire family of Waterhouse traced their descent from Sir Gilbert Waterhouse, of Kirton, in the reign of Henry III. (L.). Another ancient family of Waterhouse lived at Halifax in the West Riding; a branch, to which belonged the vicar of Bradford in the middle of the 17th century, was located at Tooting, Surrey, in the time of James I. (James' "Bradford").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Waterhouse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waterhouse is found most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterhouse? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 35,725th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 493,302 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Waterhouse are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.

Waterhouse is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 6,112 people, or 1 in 9,116. In England it is primarily found in: West Yorkshire, where 16 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 11 percent are found and Greater London, where 7 percent are found. Other than England it is found in 62 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Waterhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Waterhouse has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Waterhouse surname grew 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 295 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,120 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 675 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 34 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Waterhouse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Waterhouse surname is chiefly Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Waterhouse last name are 4.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.63% being registered with the party.

The amount Waterhouse earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 26.18% more than the national average, earning 436,675 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.56% less than the national average, earning R 219,684 per year; in United States they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $46,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $49,850 CAD per year.

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