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    The surname Watters

    A surname, carried by 11,569 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W362

    Watters: #3,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Watters #3,113, 11,569 people Watters: #3,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Watters #3,113, 11,569 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Watters is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,569 people named Watters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,687 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,144.

    #3,113
    rank among US surnames
    11,569
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,970)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,104Wallis11,59426,630
    #3,105Jacobo11,59026,639
    #3,106Branson11,58726,646
    #3,107Simpkins11,58526,650
    #3,108Ramon11,58226,657
    #3,109Whatley11,57926,664
    #3,110Lewandowski11,57726,669

    Who is named Watters

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

    84% of people named Watters identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Watterss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jesse Watters
      American conservative political commentator, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Watters

    Watters 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 Watters?
    11,569 people in the United States had the surname Watters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,687 Americans. It ranked 3,113th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Watters?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Watters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Watters?
    Jesse Watters, American conservative political commentator.
    Where is the surname Watters most common?
    Wikidata records people named Watters in the United States.
    Is the surname Watters getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,569 in 2010, up 3.8%.