Wiliy Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wiliy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wiliy (19) may also be a first name.
Wiliy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiliy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiliy is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wiliy.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiliy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wiliy is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wiliy live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent live and Cross River, where 50 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.
Wiliy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wiliy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wiliy surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wiliy
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