Willliams Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Willliams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willliams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Wales251:123,7819,267
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales91:174,2686,522
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Willliams (29) may also be a first name.

Willliams Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willliams occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Willliams.

How Common Is The Last Name Willliams? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,551,568th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Willliams are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 29 people.

It is most widespread in England, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is most common in: Merseyside, where 18 percent live, Bedfordshire, where 14 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Wales, where 19 percent live.

Willliams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Willliams has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Willliams surname grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 278 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Willliams Last Name Statistics demography

Willliams earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.53% less than the national average, earning $42,959 CAD 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 Willliams
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