Waterston Surname

258,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Waterston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waterston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4481:124,37112,476
United States3321:1,091,74479,205
Scotland2741:19,5392,290
Canada1801:204,69819,937
South Africa1571:345,08131,817
Australia891:303,32226,493
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3491:10,7261,345
England891:273,88119,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Waterston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waterston occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterston? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waterston is the 258,507th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,788,138 people. The surname Waterston occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Waterston reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widespread in England, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 124,371. In England it is most prevalent in: Tyne and Wear, where 19 percent live, Northumberland, where 16 percent live and Greater London, where 11 percent live. Beside England Waterston exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Scotland, where 18 percent live.

Waterston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Waterston has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 503 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,230 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 21 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waterston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Waterston last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Waterston surname are 12.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.34% registered with the political party.

The amount Waterston earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.21% more than the national average, earning R 418,752 per year; in United States they earn 17.67% more than the national average, earning $50,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $50,504 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Waterston
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