WATSON is ranked as the 79th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 271,985.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 85.3 people named WATSON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WATSON is
286,306, the rank is 76
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WATSON is 89.87.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WATSON is
68.6% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
26.9% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.7% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WATSON have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WATSON is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WATSON
The state with the most people named
WATSON is
Texas where
28,091 people have this name.
Arkansas is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WATSON, as
168.45 in every 100,000
Arkansans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Arkansas is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WATSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
8,544
66.33
99.9%
Indiana
6,143
93.12
99.9%
Iowa
1,725
55.52
99.8%
Kansas
2,067
71.19
99.8%
Michigan
7,795
78.66
100.0%
Minnesota
2,100
38.49
99.8%
Missouri
4,228
141.21
99.8%
Nebraska
1,557
82.76
99.8%
North Dakota
233
31.54
98.2%
Ohio
9,887
85.27
100.0%
South Dakota
336
39.39
99.0%
Wisconsin
1,966
34.15
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name WATSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
701
95.12
99.6%
Arizona
5,068
75.29
99.9%
California
21,617
55.71
100.0%
Colorado
4,113
76.79
99.9%
Hawaii
813
57.26
99.7%
Idaho
1,647
100.79
99.8%
Montana
808
78.94
99.7%
Nevada
2,054
72.36
99.8%
New Mexico
1,340
64.23
99.6%
Oregon
3,470
87.41
99.9%
Utah
2,120
72.04
99.7%
Washington
5,268
74.6
99.9%
Wyoming
587
100.57
99.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WATSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,616
72.74
99.9%
Maine
1,416
106.45
99.6%
Massachusetts
4,658
69.06
99.9%
New Hampshire
962
72.53
99.6%
New Jersey
6,057
67.76
99.9%
New York
9,298
47.09
99.9%
Pennsylvania
8,466
66.21
100.0%
Rhode Island
620
58.74
99.5%
Vermont
384
61.31
99.4%
South States
State stats for the first name WATSON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WATSON as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WATSON.
The most popular full name is James WATSON.
2.14% of all the people named WATSON
have this given name.
There are 5957 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WATSON