Watison Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Watison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Watison (211) may also be a first name.

Watison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watison is most common in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watison? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 895,817th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Watison live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Watison is also the 622,565th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 211 people.

It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Outside of Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Watison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watison surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Watison
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