Watss Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Watss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Watss Last Name Facts

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

The last name Watss is found most in England. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Watss.

How Common Is The Last Name Watss? popularity and diffusion

The last name Watss is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Watss reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Watss is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 10 percent are found.

Watss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watss has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Watss surname fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattss911/
Wats89495/
Watts80199,585/
Waits807,953/
Wayts80109/
Watse80104/
Waths8027/
Wauts8019/
Watsh8018/
Wahts808/
Weats804/
Wajts804/
Watcs803/
Batss801/
Whats801/
Waats801/
Wasts800/
Watzs800/
Waites737,369/
Whatts73105/
Whaits7398/
Waytes7381/
Wheats7361/
Waitts7349/
Waitse7328/
Watths738/
Wattts736/
Weatts734/
Vatsås732/
Wastts732/
Hwatts731/
Wuatse731/
Wattse731/
Watshe731/
Whaths731/
Wattsz731/
Waytts731/
Weates730/
Watsch730/
Waatts730/
Vats6720,225/
Bats674,149/
Watz671,849/
Whaites67417/
Watc6744/
Wads6730/
Wacs6716/
Watsowa676/
Weathes673/
Waithes673/
Wots672/
Waitshe671/
Watsche671/
Wheatts671/
Uats671/
Wahatse671/
Whaitts671/
Wheates670/

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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 Watss
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