Willane Surname
Approximately 9,241 people bear this surname
Willane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 9,232 | 1:1,579 | 159 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Willane (281) may also be a first name.
Willane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willane is most common in Senegal. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Willane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Willane is the 55,029th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 788,610 people. Willane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Willane live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 528,876th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 281 people.
This last name is most common in Senegal, where it is carried by 9,232 people, or 1 in 1,579. In Senegal it is mostly found in: Kaffrine Region, where 71 percent are found, Diourbel Region, where 6 percent are found and Fatick Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Senegal Willane exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Willane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Willane has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Willane surname contracted 83 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
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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 Willane
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