How common is the surname Water?

363 people in the United States had the surname Water in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 850,539 Americans. It ranked 56,310th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Water getting more or less common?

Less common. 388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 363 in 2010, down 6.4%.

The surname Water

A patronymic surname, carried by 363 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Water is more common than 65.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken for Ó Fuaruisce (“descendant of cold water”), from fuar + uisce.

Water is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 363 people named Water in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 850,539 Americans. That is down 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 388.

#56,310

rank among US surnames

363

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-6.4%

change since 2000 (was #50,572)

Who is named Water

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

51% of people named Water identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.1%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Water

Witter

Water has the Soundex code W360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W360.

Questions

Where does the surname Water come from?: * As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken for Ó Fuaruisce (“descendant of cold water”), from fuar + uisce.
How common is the surname Water?: 363 people in the United States had the surname Water in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 850,539 Americans. It ranked 56,310th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Water?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Water identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Water?: Water is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Water getting more or less common?: Less common. 388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 363 in 2010, down 6.4%.