Wilams Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Norway

Wilams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Wilams (121) may also be a first name.

Wilams Last Name Facts

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

Wilams occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilams? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wilams is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Wilams live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wilams is also the 848,089th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 121 people.

The last name Wilams is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Wilams is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 41 percent live, Oyo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 6 percent live.

Wilams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilams has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wilams Last Name Statistics demography

Wilams earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

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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 Wilams
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