Vilgelm Surname

168,417th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Vilgelm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vilgelm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2,1431:67,2538,726
Kazakhstan3721:47,5346,130
Belarus191:500,05646,922
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Vilgelm (687) may also be a first name.

Vilgelm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vilgelm (Georgian: ვილგელმ, Russian: Вильгельм) is most common in Russia. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vilgelm? popularity and diffusion

The last name Vilgelm is the 168,417th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,840,041 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Vilgelm live; 63 percent live in North Asia and 63 percent live in Slavic North Asia. Vilgelm is also the 315,600th most widespread first name in the world, held by 687 people.

The surname Vilgelm is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 2,143 people, or 1 in 67,253. In Russia it is most frequent in: Altai Krai, where 61 percent live, Astrakhan Oblast, where 4 percent live and Omsk Oblast, where 4 percent live. Barring Russia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 14 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Vilgelm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Vilgelm surname are 13.52% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 60.29% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vilgelm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vilgelm in the Georgian language
ვილგელმvilgelm-
Vilgelm in the Russian language
Вильгельмvilgelm-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vilgelm
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