The Watts surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 86,228 people carried this name — #324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,130 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
87 people named Watts live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Watts.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Watts in American newspapers,
1900–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,216,188 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Watts,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isaac Watts 1674–1748 · writer -
Frances Johnson 1725–1812 -
John Watts 1755–1801 -
Eleanor Wigram 1767–1841 · philanthropist -
Alaric Alexander Watts 1797–1864 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 191 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Watts.
- Watkins 122,447 · 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
- Wauters 457 · U.S. census
- Wawrzyniak 1,110 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,802 · U.S. census
- Way 14,222 · U.S. census
- Weaver 138,811 · U.S. census
- Webb 163,481 · U.S. census
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