William's Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

William's Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

William's Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France221:3,019,215204,848
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

William's (81) may also be a first name.

William's Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name William's Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname William's occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name William's? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of William's reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. William's is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 81 people.

The last name William's is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,019,215. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 91 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent are found. Beside France William's is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Haiti, where 4 percent are found.

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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's
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