Watney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
London 18
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Watney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Watney family

Profession Census Frequency
Pupil 3
Baker 1
J Cornchandler 1
Miller 1
Seed Cornisher 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Watney

Name Census Frequency
John Watney 29
Daniel Watney 21
Emily Watney 16
Charles Watney 14
James Watney 14
Arthur Watney 12
Thomas Watney 12
Mary Watney 10
William Watney 10
Rebecca Watney 9
Constance Watney 8
Ethel Watney 8
Norman Watney 8
Henry Watney 7
Sarah Watney 7
Walter Watney 7
Alice Watney 6
Elizabeth Watney 6
Emma Watney 6
Frank Watney 6
Herbert Watney 6
Annie Watney 5
Blanche Watney 5
Dora Watney 5
Harriet Watney 5

Watney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Witney 83% 4,517
2 Watney 100% 488

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The surname Watney is the 2nd most popular variant of Witney.

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