Wats Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wats Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wats family

Profession Census Frequency
Nk 2
House Keeper 1
Ship Casperter 1
At Master 1
Cook (domestic) 1
Dock Labors 1
Lignalman 1
Retired Tradesman 1
General Domestic 1
Grocery Warehouseman 1
Laundry Maid Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wats

Name Census Frequency
William Wats 54
John Wats 44
Mary Wats 43
Elizabeth Wats 33
Sarah Wats 27
James Wats 24
Thomas Wats 24
George Wats 16
Ann Wats 15
Henry Wats 14
Charles Wats 13
Jane Wats 13
Eliza Wats 12
Hannah Wats 12
Joseph Wats 10
Margaret Wats 10
Martha Wats 9
Richard Wats 8
Anne Wats 7
Ellen Wats 7
Frederick Wats 7
Alice Wats 6
Charlotte Wats 5
Edward Wats 5
Emily Wats 5

Wats Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Watts 80% 181,867
2 Waites 67% 5,512
3 Wates 80% 1,907
4 Waits 80% 1,664
5 Wats 100% 611

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The surname Wats is the 5th most popular variant of Watts.

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