Popularity of the last name by country
United Kingdom
- North Yorkshire (79,132)
- Strathclyde (58,061)
- County Durham (54,116)
- Lancashire (53,439)
- Northumberland (42,749)
- Norfolk (40,447)
- London (36,838)
- Lothian (35,344)
- Lincolnshire (33,375)
- Kent (30,698)
- Derbyshire (25,029)
- Cumbria (23,751)
- Warwickshire (18,303)
- Fifeshire (16,661)
- Grampian (16,015)
- Essex (13,161)
- Tayside (12,757)
- Staffordshire (10,313)
- Cambridgeshire (9,837)
- Hertfordshire (8,229)
- Surrey (8,229)
- Suffolk (7,760)
- Central (7,475)
- Nottinghamshire (6,905)
- Northamptonshire (6,256)
- Hampshire (4,776)
- Antrim (4,253)
- Leicestershire (4,007)
- Cheshire (3,952)
- Herefordshire and Worcester (3,479)
- Gloucestershire (3,309)
- Buckinghamshire (2,981)
- Wiltshire (2,753)
- Armagh (2,646)
- West Yorkshire (2,622)
- Dumfries and Galloway (2,512)
- East Sussex (2,014)
- Shropshire (1,926)
- Tyne and Wear (1,737)
- Oxfordshire (1,629)
- Borders (1,605)
- Devon (1,516)
- Dorset (1,473)
- Bedfordshire (1,343)
- South Yorkshire (1,325)
- Londonderry (1,221)
- Down (1,111)
- Somerset (1,103)
- Berkshire (994)
- East Riding of Yorkshire (846)
- Merseyside (845)
- Cleveland (732)
- Highlands (661)
- West Sussex (638)
- Cornwall (542)
- Humberside (445)
- Gwent (417)
- Isle of Man (396)
- Avon (367)
- West Midlands (333)
All countries
- United Kingdom (800,236)
- United States (272,266)
- Australia (40,870)
- Ireland (36,303)
- New Zealand (29,097)
- Canada (12,502)
- France (8,641)
- Unknown country (6,263)
- Netherlands (2,148)
- Belgium (1,244)
- Germany (1,228)
- Switzerland (1,124)
- Italy (776)
- India (741)
- South Africa (481)
- Denmark (477)
- Indonesia (442)
- Colombia (434)
- Jamaica (387)
- Spain (352)
- Mexico (340)
- Sweden (238)
- Barbados (220)
- Argentina (204)
- Egypt (202)
- Peru (180)
- Russian Federation (173)
- Turkey (171)
- China (162)
- Greece (160)
- Réunion (150)
- Austria (148)
- Poland (127)
- Malta (113)
- Mauritius (113)
- Norway (110)
- Brazil (101)
- Portugal (91)
- Ukraine (91)
- New Caledonia (90)
Origine of last name
WATSON : Scottish English and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’ a pet form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Walter">Walter</a> that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Watt">Watt</a>.
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