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Where Does The Last Name Wilhelms Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wilhelms is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilhelms? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 126,369^th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,026,007 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Wilhelms are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wilhelms is also the 2,608,198^th most frequent forename globally It is held by 18 people.

The last name Wilhelms is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 2,096 people, or 1 in 38,409. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent reside. Beside Germany Wilhelms occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 16 percent reside.

Wilhelms Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Wilhelms has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 890 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilhelms Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Wilhelms surname are 24.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Wilhelms earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 64.02% more than the national average, earning 567,634 kr per year; in United States they earn 15.96% more than the national average, earning $50,034 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.75% less than the national average, earning $45,831 CAD per year.