Watthews Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Watthews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watthews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales91:343,83718,086
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Watthews Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watthews is more commonly found in Wales than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Watthews.

How Common Is The Last Name Watthews? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Watthews live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Watthews is most frequently used in Wales, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 343,837. In Wales it is mostly concentrated in: Torfaen County Borough, where 100 percent live. Not including Wales Watthews occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Watthews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Watthews has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Watthews surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Watthews Last Name Statistics demography

Watthews earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.86% less than the national average, earning $14,300 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wathews932/
Watthew932/
Batthews881/
Wathew8622/
Watews861/
Wattew860/
Bathews8018/
Waithew803/
Waythew801/
Watew772/
Wateew711/
Wathef711/
Battew711/
Wahteew671/

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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
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  • 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 Watthews
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