Wiilliam Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Wiilliam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wiilliam (263) may also be a first name.
Wiilliam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiilliam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiilliam is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiilliam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wiilliam is the 3,602,217th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Wiilliam are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 548,616th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 263 people.
The last name Wiilliam is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 61 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent live and Nasarawa, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
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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 Wiilliam
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