Willacott Surname

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

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Willacott Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willacott Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales161:193,40812,484
England131:4,286,005132,302
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Willacott Last Name Facts

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

The last name Willacott is held by more people in Wales than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willacott? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Willacott is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Willacott live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Willacott is most widely held in Wales, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 193,408. In Wales Willacott is most numerous in: City and County of Cardiff, where 88 percent are found, Caerphilly County Borough, where 6 percent are found and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Wales this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 42 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Willacott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willacott has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 260 percent between 1881 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 Willacott
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