Willems Surname
Approximately 60,803 people bear this surname
Willems Surname User-submission:
The surname "Willems" means 'son of Willem'. Willem is a common given name in the Netherlands and Belgium. The equivalent in English is William.
Willems Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 23,325 | 1:493 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 18,536 | 1:911 | 36 |
| Germany | 7,847 | 1:10,259 | 1,286 |
| United States | 3,526 | 1:102,796 | 11,347 |
| Curaçao | 1,791 | 1:88 | 32 |
| France | 1,214 | 1:54,714 | 7,232 |
| South Africa | 985 | 1:55,003 | 6,988 |
| Canada | 794 | 1:46,405 | 5,694 |
| Australia | 722 | 1:37,390 | 4,891 |
| Luxembourg | 262 | 1:2,216 | 247 |
| Aruba | 240 | 1:431 | 51 |
| England | 204 | 1:273,128 | 21,453 |
| Spain | 145 | 1:322,428 | 18,998 |
| Denmark | 140 | 1:40,319 | 4,211 |
| Suriname | 134 | 1:4,124 | 860 |
| New Zealand | 120 | 1:37,736 | 6,411 |
| Thailand | 111 | 1:636,381 | 107,695 |
| Argentina | 92 | 1:464,602 | 34,717 |
| Switzerland | 91 | 1:90,252 | 9,968 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 97 | 1:517,718 | 36,097 |
Willems (232) may also be a first name.
Willems Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname "Willems" means 'son of Willem'. Willem is a common given name in the Netherlands and Belgium. The equivalent in English is William.
- anonymous submissionWillems Demographics
Average Male Willems Height
177.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Willems Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willems Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willems occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Willems? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,321st most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 119,855 people. The surname Willems is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Willems reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Willems is also the 588,797th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 232 people.
The last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 23,325 people, or 1 in 493. In Belgium Willems is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 16 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Belgium this last name exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and Germany, where 13 percent reside.
Willems Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Willems has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Willems last name expanded 3,635 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Willems Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Willems last name are 29.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.9% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Willems earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.33% less than the national average, earning 317,254 kr per year; in Peru they earn 57.66% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,208 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.6% less than the national average, earning R 155,424 per year; in United States they earn 7.41% more than the national average, earning $46,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $52,510 CAD per year.
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