Watermen Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Watermen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watermen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Watermen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watermen occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Watermen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watermen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Watermen are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Watermen is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily found in: Connecticut, where 50 percent are found, Colorado, where 25 percent are found and Texas, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Watermen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Watermen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watermen surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattermen940/
Weathermen895/
Watermin880/
Watermem880/
Baitermen823/
Wattermin820/
Waterminn820/
Votermen751/
Wethermin710/
Vatarmin637/
Vetermin631/
Vatarmyn631/

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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 Watermen
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