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 occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Willema? popularity and diffusion
Willema is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Willema reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 56 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 133,856. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Oshana Region, where 94 percent live and Khomas Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Namibia Willema exists 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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