Whilliams Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Whilliams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Whilliams (23) may also be a first name.
Whilliams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whilliams Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whilliams is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Whilliams click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whilliams? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Whilliams occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Whilliams are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.
Whilliams is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England it is most common in: Lancashire, where 71 percent are found, Greater London, where 14 percent are found and Tyne and Wear, where 14 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Whilliams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whilliams has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Whilliams surname declined 22 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Whilliams
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