Willema Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Willema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 18 | 1:133,856 | 9,398 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Willema (56) may also be a first name.
Willema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Willema is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Willema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Willema occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Willema live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 56 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 133,856. In Namibia Willema is primarily concentrated in: Oshana Region, where 94 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Namibia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Willema
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