Willliams Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Willliams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Willliams (29) may also be a first name.
Willliams Demographics
Average Willliams Salary in
England
£33,169
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Willliams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willliams Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Willliams is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Willliams? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Willliams 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 common first name on earth. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name Willliams is most common in England, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is mostly found in: Merseyside, where 18 percent are found, Bedfordshire, where 14 percent are found and Oxfordshire, where 8 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Wales, where 19 percent are found.
Willliams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Willliams has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Willliams last name increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 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
- 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 Willliams
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