Last Name WATERS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Walter.
Local: A name given to one who navigated the waters, or resided near them.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 455 (2000 US census) 429 (1990 US census)
Count 65,817 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.27%, or 49540 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.52%, or 13506 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 244 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.79%, or 520 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 1014 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.51%, or 994 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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