Vilums Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Vilums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vilums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia4821:4,253585
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Viļums (9) are calculated separately.

Vilums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vilums occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Viļums. Click here for other potential spellings of Vilums.

How Common Is The Last Name Vilums? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vilums is the 571,325th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name Vilums occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Vilums are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Vilums is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 4,253. In Latvia Vilums is most prevalent in: Latgale, where 52 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 30 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Latvia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Vilums Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Vilums are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Vilums earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.38% more than the national average, earning $45,904 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viļums949/
Vilyums9220/
Vilims8352/
Viluns832/
Wilums832/
Bilums831/
Wiliums771/
Wilims6711/
Vilons672/
Filims671/
Vilūns671/
Biluns671/
Welums671/
Wiliems6212/
Phelums6211/
Wieluns626/
Vailons621/
Wilhims621/
Wilhoms620/
Wilhiems573/
Beluns5024/
Wilons5018/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vilums
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