Last Name WATKINSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Walter, nickname Wat, diminutive Watkin. Watkiss is a corruption of Watkins, as Perkiss for Hopkins.Watkin, which is still familiar in Wales, was a general favourite throughout England in the hereditary surname period.
The son of Watkins.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 27,802 (2000 US census) 29,466 (1990 US census)
Count 814 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.59%, or 770 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.21%, or 18 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.11%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.6%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.


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