Willlams Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Willlams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willlams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Willlams Last Name Facts

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

Willlams is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Willlams.

How Common Is The Last Name Willlams? popularity and diffusion

Willlams is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Willlams is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Willlams are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Willlams is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Willlams is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Vanuatu, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 percent live.

Willlams Last Name Statistics demography

Willlams earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.64% less than the national average, earning R 107,784 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 Willlams
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