Surname Checker / Watkins
How Common Is the Last Name Watkins?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Watkins today
140,709
Ranked #240 of 162,254 published surnames · 43.08 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 127,083 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
62.03%
Black
32.27%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.42%
Hispanic
2.09%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.