Watles Surname

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

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

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

Watles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Watles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watles has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watles? popularity and diffusion

The surname Watles is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Watles is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Watles are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Watles is primarily found in: West Virginia, where 40 percent are found, Illinois, where 20 percent are found and Indiana, where 20 percent are found. Not including The United States Watles exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent are found.

Watles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watles last name grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattles92781/
Whatles923/
Watless920/
Watls911/
Wachtles861/
Whatleys861/
Wattlies861/
Whattles860/
Batles8334/
Watlex833/
Watels831/
Watlis830/
Battles779,361/
Batlles77482/
Beatles777/
Wettles777/
Wattels773/
Wastels773/
Wattils772/
Whatlex772/
Vatlles771/
Watells771/
Vattles770/
Bautles770/
Wottles770/
Watlz732/
Batls732/
Wasteels71256/
Wachtels7117/
Batilles7111/
Battlles711/
Beattles711/
Wattells710/
Batels6733/
Batlis6728/
Vautls672/
Wetlis672/
Batillles671/
Beautless671/
Waasteels671/
Wetlez671/
Botles671/
Waetlz670/
Battls670/

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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 Watles
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