Watford Surname

77,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,318 people bear this surname

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

Watford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Watford': (1) a parish in Hertfordshire; (3) a parish in Northamptonshire, near Daventry.

Eustace de Watforde, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Wateford, London, ibid.

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Watford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5461:65,3557,630
England5461:102,04810,733
Canada621:594,28449,093
Australia591:457,55435,515
New Zealand511:88,79112,412
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4031:60,4857,077
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:244,96920,381

Watford (41) may also be a first name.

Watford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Watford': (1) a parish in Hertfordshire; (3) a parish in Northamptonshire, near Daventry.

Eustace de Watforde, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Wateford, London, ibid.

1621. Robert Watford and Ellen Ruddeford: Marriage Lic. (London).

1748. Married — Thomas Hains and Martha Watford: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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

(English) belonging to Watford (Herts: 13th cent. Wateford, 10th cent. Watford— ‘ Cartularium Saxonicum’ no. 812; Northants: 13th cent. Watforde) = the Hurdle-Ford [Old English wat-el, wattle, hurdle + ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in co. Herts, and a parish in co. Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire.

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

Watford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watford (Arabic: وتفورد) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 77,430th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,153,458 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Watford live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 41 people.

The last name Watford is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,546 people, or 1 in 65,355. In The United States it is mostly found in: South Carolina, where 18 percent live, North Carolina, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Watford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Watford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Watford surname expanded 2,705 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 135 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Watford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Watford surname are 5.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.39% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Watford earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.36% less than the national average, earning $38,247 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $52,911 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Watford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Watford in the Arabic language
وتفوردwtfwrd-

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