Willemse Surname

18,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Willemse Surname Definition:

See Williams.

Willemse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21,9281:2,471309
Netherlands5,4361:3,107247
Namibia8711:2,766455
Belgium4361:26,3684,183
Australia2611:103,43211,643
United States2381:1,522,937103,340
Canada2151:171,37517,189
England1401:397,98627,485
France921:721,98690,334
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Andorra221:3,811733
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Norway91:571,36544,190
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha41:1,464128
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Willemse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

See Williams.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Willemse Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Willemse Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Willemse is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willemse? popularity and diffusion

The last name Willemse is the 18,375th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,902 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Willemse live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Willemse is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 21,928 people, or 1 in 2,471. In South Africa Willemse is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 58 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 18 percent reside and Namibia, where 3 percent reside.

Willemse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willemse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Willemse surname expanded 1,082 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 14,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Willemse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Willemse surname are 5.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.18% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Willemse earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.51% more than the national average, earning R 262,608 per year; in United States they earn 18.92% more than the national average, earning $51,311 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $48,244 CAD per year.

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