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WATTS

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There are approximately 52,982 people named Watts in the UK. That makes it the 146th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 839 are named Watts.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From name of parent

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The Watts surname in historical dictionaries

WATT. WATTS. 1. See Walter. 2. The family of Watts of Hawkesdale Hall, CO. Cumberland, deduce themselves from Sir John le Fleming, lord of Wath, on Dearu, co. York, who died 14. Edw. II. His second son Raynier assumed the territorial name De Wath, and his descendants gradually corrupted that designation to its present form. In temp. Edward III. it was De Wath or Wathes ; temp. Henry VI., Wattys ; temp. Henry VII., Wattes ; temp. Charles I., and subsequently, Watts. See B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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