Willigman Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Willigman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Willigman Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Willigman Last Name Facts

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

Willigman occurs in Wales more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Willigman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Willigman reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in Wales, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales Willigman is most frequent in: Gwynedd, where 100 percent live. Barring Wales Willigman is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent live.

Willigman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willigman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Willigman last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willigmann9552/
Wiligman940/
Weiligman890/
Billigman890/
Willigmon890/
Weiligmann84124/
Billigmann8426/
Wilegmann785/
Bligman751/
Wlegmann711/
Vlugman6341/
Blyghman590/
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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 Willigman
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