How rare is the last name Waterman?

11,523 people in the United States have the last name Waterman, about 1 in 25,939. It ranks #3,043 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WATERMAN

#3,043

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,523
About
1 in 25,939
This common or more
52.7%
Who bears it

Of the 11,523 people with the last name Waterman, 83.4% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Waterman, most common first.

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