Surname Checker / Watson
How Common Is the Last Name Watson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Watson today
279,661
Ranked #81 of 162,254 published surnames · 85.63 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 252,579 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
66.03%
Black
27.9%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.53%
Hispanic
2.41%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.