William West Surname
2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria
William West Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamwest | 96 | 9 | / |
| William-West | 92 | 125 | / |
| William West I | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wiilliam-West | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wiliam-West | 87 | 2 | / |
| Williamstie | 78 | 1 | / |
| Williams Waite | 77 | 2 | / |
| Williams White | 77 | 2 | / |
| Williamsd | 76 | 13 | / |
| Williamswhit | 75 | 2 | / |
| Williams-Etu | 75 | 1 | / |
| William Said | 75 | 1 | / |
| Williams t O | 75 | 1 | / |
| Williamswade | 75 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Wat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Williams Hewitt | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wilmest | 74 | 0 | / |
| Williams-Watt | 72 | 4 | / |
| Williams-Wade | 72 | 2 | / |
| Williams-Whit | 72 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Dawe | 72 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Atty | 72 | 1 | / |
| Williams-White | 69 | 56 | / |
| Williams-Whyte | 69 | 8 | / |
| Williams-Hyatt | 69 | 2 | / |
| Williams-Wyatt | 69 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Woitt | 69 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Dewey | 69 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Hewitt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Williams-Day | 67 | 5 | / |
| Williamsotey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Whitta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Williams-Teh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 William West
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis