Wilhams Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wilhams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilhams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Wilhams (63) may also be a first name.

Wilhams Last Name Facts

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

Wilhams is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wilhams click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilhams? popularity and diffusion

Wilhams is the 5,057,639th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Wilhams are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Wilhams is mostly concentrated in: California, where 50 percent reside, Virginia, where 20 percent reside and Georgia, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States Wilhams is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Wilhams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wilhams has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wilhams surname fell 23 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilhams Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wilhams surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Wilhams earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,531 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
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  • 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 Wilhams
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