# Watroba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/watroba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 365 |
| US rank (2010) | 56,073 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 845,878 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (363 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vantroba, Vontroba, Wantroba, Wontroba |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Wątroba, from wątroba (“liver”), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Watroba in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 99% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Waterbury, Woodruff, Weatherford, Weatherby, Wetherbee, Weatherbee, Waterfield, Wedderburn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.