Watons Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

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

Watons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Watons Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watons is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Watons.

How Common Is The Last Name Watons? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Watons reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Watons is primarily concentrated in: Mississippi, where 33 percent reside, New York, where 33 percent reside and Texas, where 33 percent reside.

Watons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Watons has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Watons last name declined 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattons922/
Watonse921/
Wheatons860/
Watans831/
Batons831/
Wootons772/
Beatons771/
Wathens770/
Battons770/
Weatans770/
Wathans770/
Battoins710/
Weathens710/
Botons673/
Batuns672/
Wotoms670/
Bottons629/
Battans624/
Boutons623/
Vethons622/
Vatanse621/
Wotonze621/
Botoins621/
Wothans620/
Wethens620/
Wathams620/
Weitonze572/
Wathanje571/
Weithans571/
Whethans570/
Wasthams570/
Waithanje53167/
Botans509/

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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 Watons
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis