Watley Surname
Approximately 2,883 people bear this surname
Watley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,649 | 1:136,829 | 14,304 |
| England | 74 | 1:752,947 | 41,527 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 25 | 1:4,415 | 699 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Marshall Islands | 7 | 1:7,403 | 1,135 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 153 | 1:159,316 | 13,825 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 469 | 1:107,076 | 10,727 |
Watley (20) may also be a first name.
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Watley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watley has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Watley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watley? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watley is the 152,611th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,527,765 people. Watley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Watley are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 20 people.
The last name Watley is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,649 people, or 1 in 136,829. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 21 percent reside, Georgia, where 11 percent reside and Alabama, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Watley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Watley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watley last name grew 565 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Watley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Watley are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.25% being registered with the party.
The amount Watley earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 8.24% less than the national average, earning $39,592 USD per year and in Canada they earn 82.21% more than the national average, earning $90,526 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 Watley
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