The Watkins surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 122,447 people carried this name — #222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Watkins.
Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Watkins live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Watkins in American newspapers,
1894–1936.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 547,939 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Watkins,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Philadelphia Merrifield 1804–1889 · historian -
John Watkins 1823–1874 · photographer -
Harry Watkins 1825–1894 · actor -
Carleton Watkins 1829–1916 · photographer -
Bartholomew Colles Watkins 1833–1891 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 199 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Watkins.
- Wassermann 247 · U.S. census
- Wassmer 556 · U.S. census
- Wassner 189 · U.S. census
- Wasson 8,384 · U.S. census
- Waszak 690 · U.S. census
- Watier 109 · U.S. census
- Watrin 112 · U.S. census
- Watson 242,432 · U.S. census
- Watt 14,872 · U.S. census
- Watte 138 · U.S. census
- Wattier 333 · U.S. census
- Watts 86,228 · U.S. census
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