Willames Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Willames Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willames Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Willames (3,713) may also be a first name.

Willames Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willames occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Willames? popularity and diffusion

The surname Willames is the 3,602,217th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Willames is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Willames live; 90 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 115,628th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 3,713 people.

The last name Willames is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 7,928,679. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Roraima, where 26 percent live, Pernambuco, where 15 percent live and Alagoas, where 11 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Willames Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Willames has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Willames surname declined 96 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 Willames
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