Bill Surname

13,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,048 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nauru

Bill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of William.' This nick, was very uncommon; Will maintaining its hold, as Wilson, Wilkins, Wilcocks, &c, fully prove.

John Bille, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Bill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8641:40,8915,023
South Sudan6,3411:1,800359
Papua New Guinea3,8641:2,11082
Ghana3,3941:7,9611,074
Germany1,7381:46,3216,076
England1,7271:32,2634,301
Nigeria1,3291:133,2908,638
Switzerland1,1571:7,0981,127
Australia9221:29,2803,942
Kenya8441:54,7165,472
Canada7691:47,9145,819
Iran7291:105,32610,170
Brazil7171:298,57011,508
South Africa6351:85,31910,490
Mali5811:29,207949
Russia4321:333,61833,435
Poland3931:96,71414,769
Sweden3641:27,0522,202
France3601:184,50828,709
Pakistan3021:591,5369,494
New Zealand2951:15,3502,671
Algeria2911:132,75418,038
Liberia2751:16,0311,669
Vanuatu2361:1,116281
Philippines2241:451,95655,298
Malaysia1981:148,9619,324
Argentina1931:221,46818,222
Fiji1891:4,732899
Denmark1881:30,0253,104
Nauru1721:694
China1581:8,653,934576
Taiwan1251:187,5581,624
Northern Ireland1111:16,6222,199
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
India1011:7,594,707163,091
Luxembourg1001:5,805854
Scotland981:54,6314,602
Czechia811:131,27720,900
Wales761:40,7183,964
Afghanistan671:479,8986,199
Austria631:135,16618,435
Panama571:68,6362,986
Indonesia531:2,495,268147,726
Seychelles531:1,743378
Guyana501:15,2442,051
Uganda461:848,68039,357
Marshall Islands421:1,234317
Benin411:252,08822,137
Norway401:128,55716,659
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Thailand371:1,909,144231,790
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Mexico291:4,280,21427,059
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Mongolia261:108,6657,123
Greece251:443,19258,048
Nicaragua251:240,8442,724
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Kazakhstan201:884,12554,571
Trinidad and Tobago201:68,1995,276
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Slovakia161:333,52846,365
Tanzania161:3,308,85150,463
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Vietnam131:7,126,6202,551
Saint Lucia101:17,8781,399
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Mauritius91:143,7138,076
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Swaziland41:324,550996
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Samoa11:193,8081,089
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1421:31,1963,100
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9801:24,8733,450
Scotland571:65,6703,971
Wales351:44,8122,341
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5711:31,9663,846

The alternate forms: Bilľ (21) & Bíll (3) are calculated separately.

Bill (514,478) may also be a first name.

Bill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of William.' This nick, was very uncommon; Will maintaining its hold, as Wilson, Wilkins, Wilcocks, &c, fully prove.

John Bille, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1523. John Hall and Katherine Byll: Marriage Lic. (London).

1567-8. William Lucas and Alice Bill: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Thomas Bill in Auchingray, parish of Carnwath, 1667 (Lanark CR.). Robert Bill, wright in Edinburgh, 1668 (Edinb. Marr.). Other two of the name in the same record. Perhaps from 'Bill' a pet form of William.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Teutonic) 1 the Old Teutonic name-stem Bil(l-, as in Anglo-Saxon Billa. [the meaning is supposed to be ‘gentleness,’ 'mildness'; the Anglo-Saxon bill = Old Saxon bil = O.H.Ger. bill, ‘sword,’ ‘axe,’ must, however, be considered, although they are neuter nouns].

Bil occurs in Domesday.

2 (later) a pet form of William, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Descendant of Bilo, a pet form of names beginning with Bil (sword), as Bilihar and Biligarda; descendant of Bil (sword). Not from Bill, a relatively late pet form of William.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A nickname of William.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Armorially identified with Byle or Byles, a form of Boyle.

The Norman People (1874)

Bill Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bill Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bill (Bengali: বিল্ল, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﻞ, Hindi: बिल्ल, Oriya: ବିଲ, Russian: Билл) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bilľ or Bíll. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,934th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 181,970 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 35 percent of Bill live; 21 percent live in North America and 20 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bill is also the 1,967th most widespread first name globally, borne by 514,478 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,864 people, or 1 in 40,891. In The United States Bill is most numerous in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, Illinois, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 162 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Bill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bill last name grew 564 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bill surname is primarily Presbyterian (66%) in Ireland, Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bill surname are 13.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.23% registered with the party.

The amount Bill earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.62% less than the national average, earning 343,933 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 51.28% less than the national average, earning R 115,788 per year; in United States they earn 0.98% less than the national average, earning $42,728 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.46% less than the national average, earning $47,966 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bilľ9221/
Bíll923/
Bille8921,109/
Bhill8912,066/
Biell89209/
Buill899/
Billd894/
Billh893/
Billø892/
Bgill891/
Billl891/
Billå891/
Bil8619,226/
Bll86193/
Billdt8045/
Bilgli802/
Bhillh802/
Biehll800/
Bislle800/
Bell75603,760/
Bhil75228,403/
Biel75105,577/
Will7562,475/
Bijl757,261/
Biol755,143/
Buil753,880/
Vill752,517/
Bihl751,962/
Byll751,811/
Böll751,274/
Bild751,130/
Bilh75901/
Bilt75709/
Büll75474/
Bisl7567/
Bilț7534/
Bøll7522/
Hbil7512/
Blle757/
Blll755/
Bhll751/
Bèll751/
Bëll751/
Bilø751/
Bgil751/
Bllh751/
Billová73126/
Billova739/
Belle6727,246/
Bhiel6711,651/
Biehl6710,417/
Buell6710,010/
Boell67975/
Bl67869/
Bildt67249/
Bhell67139/
Viell6784/
Wiell6766/
Beell6763/
Baell6760/
Bigli6734/
Villì6721/
Bellt6720/
Bülle6719/
Bylle6719/
Bølle6711/
Behll679/
Belll677/
Villø677/
Bhuil676/
Beull676/
Huill676/
Belld675/
Wuill674/
Bellp674/
Bellh674/
Bělle673/
Wisll672/
Bhild672/
Bhilt672/
Vuill671/
Bllle671/
Åbell671/
Willì671/
Buiël671/
Bélle671/
Byoll671/
Buihl671/
Violl670/

Bill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bill in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻠﻞbll-
Bill in the Oriya language
ବିଲbila-
Bill in the Bengali language
বিল্লbilla93.44
ভীলbhila6.56
Bill in the Hindi language
बिल्लbilla33.33
बिललbilala16.67
बिल्ल्bill16.67
बिल्लोbillo16.67
बिल्लूbillu16.67
Bill in the Russian language
Биллbill-

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