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.
Watley Demographics
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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 is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watley? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 152,611th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,527,765 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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. Watley is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name globally It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,649 people, or 1 in 136,829. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 21 percent are found, Georgia, where 11 percent are found and Alabama, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Watley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Watley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Watley last name rose 565 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Watley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Watley last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Watley surname are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.25% registered to vote for the political 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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