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 surname Watss is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Watss? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Watss are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in British Isles.

Watss is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Barring England Watss exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 10 percent live.

Watss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Watss has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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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