Williames Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Williames Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Williames Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Australia521:519,14839,018
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
England111:5,065,278148,650
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2351:213,69718,312

Williames (642) may also be a first name.

Williames Last Name Facts

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

Williames is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Williames click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Williames? popularity and diffusion

The last name Williames is the 1,333,288th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Williames are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Williames is also the 328,241st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 642 people.

The surname Williames is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 5,177,985. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 26 percent reside, Texas, where 19 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 31 percent reside and Brazil, where 10 percent reside.

Williames Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Williames has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Williames surname contracted 70 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Williames Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Williames surname is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Williames last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Williames earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.93% less than the national average, earning $32,822 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Williames
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