Willecke Surname

307,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Willecke Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of little Willo, a pet form of names beginning with Wille (resolution), as Willifrid, Williger and Willamar.

Willecke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0041:80,18510,126
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Brazil611:3,509,41598,831
Denmark581:97,3239,225
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Willecke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of little Willo, a pet form of names beginning with Wille (resolution), as Willifrid, Williger and Willamar.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Willecke Last Name Facts

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

Willecke is found most in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Willecke.

How Common Is The Last Name Willecke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 307,434th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,929,655 people. The last name Willecke occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Willecke live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Willecke is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,004 people, or 1 in 80,185. In Germany Willecke is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Willecke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Willecke last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the party.

Willecke earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $43,808 USD per year.

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