How common is the surname Waterbury?

2,181 people in the United States had the surname Waterbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waterbury?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Waterbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Waterbury getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Waterbury

A surname, carried by 2,181 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex W361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waterbury is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,181 people named Waterbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,199.

#13,855

rank among US surnames

2,181

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,833)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497
#13,855	Brenes	2,181	141,561
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626

Who is named Waterbury

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

93% of people named Waterbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waterbury

Waterbury has the Soundex code W361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W361.

Questions

How common is the surname Waterbury?: 2,181 people in the United States had the surname Waterbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waterbury?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Waterbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Waterbury getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, down 0.8%.