Willa Surname
Approximately 2,681 people bear this surname
Willa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,043 | 1:25,914 | 3,154 |
| Switzerland | 121 | 1:67,875 | 8,194 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| Poland | 92 | 1:413,139 | 43,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Panama | 18 | 1:217,348 | 6,003 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Willa (23,098) may also be a first name.
Willa Demographics
Average Willa Salary in
Norway
323,564 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Willa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willa (Arabic: يللا) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Willa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Willa is the 162,260th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,718,219 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Willa are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 33,916th most numerous forename in the world, held by 23,098 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,043 people, or 1 in 25,914. In Tanzania Willa is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 60 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 12 percent live and Iringa Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Willa Last Name Statistics demography
Willa earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning 323,564 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Willa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Willa in the Arabic language | ||
| يللا | ylla | - |
| ليللا | lylla | - |
| ويلا | wyla | - |
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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 Willa
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