Williey Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Williey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Williey Demographics
Williey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Williey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Williey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Williey is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Williey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Williey reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 480,301. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 82 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 3 percent live and North-Western Province, where 3 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Williey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Williey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Williey surname rose 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Williey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Williey
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