Waterman

Waterman is the 3,043rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 11,523 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 25,900.

By the numbers

People: 11,523
Rank: 3,043rd
How common: 1 in 25,900
Per 100,000: 3.9

Where the name comes from

From the occupation of waterman.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Waterman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.4%
Black, not Hispanic 7.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Waterman

Joel Waterman (born 1996)Canadian soccer player
Boy Waterman (born 1984)Dutch footballer
Cecilio Waterman (born 1991)Panamanian footballer
Dennis Waterman (1948–2022)English actor and singer
Lewis Waterman (1836–1901)American inventor
Robert Waterman (1826–1891)Governor of California

People named Waterman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Waterman

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.