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
Willema has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Willema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willema? popularity and diffusion
Willema is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Willema is mostly found 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 widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 56 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 133,856. In Namibia Willema is primarily found in: Oshana Region, where 94 percent live and Khomas Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Namibia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
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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 Willema
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