Watsson Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Watsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Watsson (12) may also be a first name.
Watsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watsson is most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Watsson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Watsson is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Watsson are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 88 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 12 percent are found.
Watsson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Watsson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watsson last name contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Watsson
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