Watling Surname

93,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Watling Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Watelin,' from Walter, nick. Wat, diminutive Watelin, and with excrescent Watling; compare Hewling for Hew-elin. (a) Local, 'of Wateling,' some locality, probably in Suffolk.

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Watling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8711:19,4072,767
United States6801:533,02844,312
Canada5831:63,2007,391
Australia5641:47,8655,981
New Zealand1381:32,8145,713
South Africa1161:467,04938,892
Wales551:56,2645,128
Scotland401:133,8458,251
France141:4,744,480251,814
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5311:15,9212,345
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States831:605,04440,538

Watling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Watelin,' from Walter, nick. Wat, diminutive Watelin, and with excrescent Watling; compare Hewling for Hew-elin. (a) Local, 'of Wateling,' some locality, probably in Suffolk.

Geoffrey Wateling, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Wateling, Suffolk, ibid.

1639-40. Abraham Watling and Katherine Clances: Marriage Lic (London).

1689. Baptised — Robert Wattlin: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Watling, Wœtling = WÆtl(a)’s Son [the pers. name is doubtless a nickname from Old English wœtla, a swathe, bandage: - + the ‘son’ suff. -ing] Watling occurs as the name of a tenant in the Boldon Book (Durham, 12th cent.) Geoffrey Wateling.—Hund. Rolls (Norf.) 2 occasionally short for Watlington, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name may have been taken from the celebrated Roman Road, the Watling Street, which led from Dover to London, and thence to Chester, North Wales, and Cumberland. Comp. Dykes, Stonestreet, and Thirlwall, as surnames derived from Roman works. In the middle ages, so famous was this via, that the Milky Way of the heavens was sometimes known by the same designation: —

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Watling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watling is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watling? popularity and diffusion

The surname Watling is the 93,258th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,423,905 people. The surname Watling is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Watling reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles.

Watling is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 2,871 people, or 1 in 19,407. In England Watling is mostly found in: Greater London, where 12 percent are found, Norfolk, where 10 percent are found and Suffolk, where 7 percent are found. Outside of England this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.

Watling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Watling has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Watling last name increased 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 819 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Watling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Watling last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Watling surname are 0.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.11% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Watling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.91% more than the national average, earning R 524,976 per year; in United States they earn 26.47% more than the national average, earning $54,570 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.08% less than the national average, earning $48,154 CAD per year.

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