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    The surname Watroba

    A Polish surname, carried by 365 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W361

    Watroba: #56,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Watroba #56,073, 365 people Watroba: #56,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Watroba #56,073, 365 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Watroba is more common than 65.4% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

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

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 365 people named Watroba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 845,878 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 363.

    #56,073
    rank among US surnames
    365
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #53,420)

    Who is named Watroba

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

    99% of people named Watroba identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 99%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Vantroba
    • Vontroba
    • Wantroba
    • Wontroba

    Surnames that sound like Watroba

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

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Watroba come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Wątroba, from wątroba (“liver”), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.
    How common is the surname Watroba?
    365 people in the United States had the surname Watroba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 845,878 Americans. It ranked 56,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Watroba?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Watroba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Watroba getting more or less common?
    More common. 363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 365 in 2010, up 0.6%.
    What are other spellings of Watroba?
    Vantroba, Vontroba, Wantroba and Wontroba.