Willmers Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Willmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Willmers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willmers is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Willmers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Willmers is the 1,227,038th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Willmers live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Willmers is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa Willmers is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 23 percent are found and North West, where 9 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Willmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Willmers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Willmers last name contracted 19 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willmers Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Willmers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 33.13% more than the national average, earning R 316,368 per year and in United States they earn 124.66% more than the national average, earning $96,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilmers93824/
Wilmaers8851/
Billmers8819/
Welmers80479/
Wilmars8014/
Wilmarsh7530/
Bellmers750/
Wilmhirst710/
Velmers6735/
Belmers673/
Vilmars673/

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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 Willmers
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