Willem Surname
Approximately 7,431 people bear this surname
Willem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,845 | 1:6,231 | 781 |
| Namibia | 1,518 | 1:1,587 | 213 |
| South Africa | 1,267 | 1:42,761 | 5,465 |
| France | 709 | 1:93,685 | 13,602 |
| Indonesia | 648 | 1:204,088 | 19,295 |
| United States | 339 | 1:1,069,200 | 77,954 |
| Germany | 277 | 1:290,633 | 30,126 |
| Netherlands | 240 | 1:70,363 | 11,970 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Mexico | 55 | 1:2,256,840 | 19,878 |
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| Hungary | 52 | 1:188,775 | 16,213 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Poland | 33 | 1:1,151,780 | 76,152 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
Willem (198,150) may also be a first name.
Willem Demographics
Average Willem Salary in
United States
$49,772 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Willem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willem (Arabic: ويليم) is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 67,001st most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 980,695 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 43 percent of Willem reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 37 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Willem is also the 5,277th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 198,150 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,845 people, or 1 in 6,231. In Belgium it is most common in: Walloon Region, where 57 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 37 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Belgium Willem exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.
Willem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Willem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Willem last name grew 916 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Willem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Willem last name are 15.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.84% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Willem earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 47.47% less than the national average, earning 181,791 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.06% less than the national average, earning R 87,780 per year; in United States they earn 15.35% more than the national average, earning $49,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.66% less than the national average, earning $47,367 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Willem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Willem in the Arabic language | ||
| ويليم | wylym | - |
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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 Willem
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