How common is the surname Drinkwater?

2,135 people in the United States had the surname Drinkwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. It ranked 14,084th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Drinkwater?

Carol Drinkwater, British actress and author.

Where is the surname Drinkwater most common?

Wikidata records people named Drinkwater in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Drinkwater getting more or less common?

More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,135 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Drinkwater

A nickname surname, carried by 2,135 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drinkwater is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

From drink + water, a nickname given to a pauper or miser, unable or unwilling to afford beer; or alternatively, a nickname given to an innkeeper or a noted tippler.

Drinkwater is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,135 people named Drinkwater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,089.

#14,084

rank among US surnames

2,135

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,372)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476
#14,082	Pai	2,136	144,544
#14,084	Youngberg	2,135	144,611
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747

Who is named Drinkwater

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Drinkwater identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Drinkwaters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carol Drinkwater
British actress and author, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Drinkwater

Drinkard

Drinkwater has the Soundex code D652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D652.

Questions

Where does the surname Drinkwater come from?: From drink + water, a nickname given to a pauper or miser, unable or unwilling to afford beer; or alternatively, a nickname given to an innkeeper or a noted tippler.
How common is the surname Drinkwater?: 2,135 people in the United States had the surname Drinkwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. It ranked 14,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drinkwater?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Drinkwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Drinkwater?: Carol Drinkwater, British actress and author.
Where is the surname Drinkwater most common?: Wikidata records people named Drinkwater in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Drinkwater?: Drinkwater is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Drinkwater getting more or less common?: More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,135 in 2010, up 2.2%.