Watherspoon Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

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

Watherspoon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watherspoon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Watherspoon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watherspoon is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Watherspoon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watherspoon is the 7,593,402nd most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Watherspoon is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Watherspoon live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Watherspoon is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Watherspoon is most frequent in: Arizona, where 20 percent are found, Georgia, where 20 percent are found and Louisiana, where 20 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent are found.

Watherspoon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Watherspoon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watherspoon surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Watherspoon Last Name Statistics demography

Watherspoon earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD 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 Watherspoon
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