Wiil Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wiil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark591:95,6739,081
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France21:33,211,361423,184
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wiil (42) may also be a first name.

Wiil Last Name Facts

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

Wiil is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wiil click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiil? popularity and diffusion

Wiil is the 1,967,751st most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Wiil occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Wiil live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 42 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 95,673. In Denmark Wiil is most numerous in: Region Zealand, where 47 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 25 percent are found and Central Denmark Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Denmark this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wijil8951/
Wiile8925/
Wihil891/
Wijile801/
Wihile800/
Wiel751,380/
Viil75158/
Biil7531/
Wyil752/
Uiil751/
Wiyl751/
Weigiel731/
Vijil673,614/
Wiele671,416/
Wielt6789/
Wihel6787/
Vieil6782/
Wiell6766/
Biill6741/
Bijil6728/
Viiol6726/
Bihil6713/
Wyile679/
Vihil675/
Wehil673/
Viile671/
Wiyle671/
Weeil670/
Whiel670/
Weail670/

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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 Wiil
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