How common is the surname Waterhouse?

3,577 people in the United States had the surname Waterhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,314 Americans. It ranked 9,129th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waterhouse?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Waterhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Waterhouse?

Alfred Waterhouse, British architect (1830-1905), followed by Jason Waterhouse.

Where is the surname Waterhouse most common?

Wikidata records people named Waterhouse in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and Austria and 1 other country.

Is the surname Waterhouse getting more or less common?

More common. 3,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,577 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Waterhouse

A surname, carried by 3,577 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waterhouse is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,577 people named Waterhouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,314 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,566.

#9,129

rank among US surnames

3,577

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,508)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,122	McAdoo	3,580	86,242
#9,123	Lueck	3,579	86,266
#9,125	Hendren	3,578	86,290
#9,129	Waterhouse	3,577	86,314
#9,132	Valtierra	3,576	86,338
#9,134	Lathan	3,575	86,362
#9,135	McCusker	3,574	86,387

Who is named Waterhouse

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

90% of people named Waterhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waterhouses

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Waterhouse
British architect (1830-1905)
Jason Waterhouse
Australian sailor (b. 1991)
Peter Waterhouse
Austrian writer, born 1956
Nick Waterhouse
American songwriter and guitarist (born 1986)

Notable Waterhouses come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1), Australia (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waterhouse

Waterhouse has the Soundex code W362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W362.

Questions

How common is the surname Waterhouse?: 3,577 people in the United States had the surname Waterhouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,314 Americans. It ranked 9,129th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waterhouse?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Waterhouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Waterhouse?: Alfred Waterhouse, British architect (1830-1905), followed by Jason Waterhouse.
Where is the surname Waterhouse most common?: Wikidata records people named Waterhouse in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and Austria and 1 other country.
Is the surname Waterhouse getting more or less common?: More common. 3,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,577 in 2010, up 0.3%.