Willness Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Willness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Willness (55) may also be a first name.

Willness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willness occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Willness.

How Common Is The Last Name Willness? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Willness reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Willness is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 55 people.

The surname is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,023,489. In Canada Willness is mostly concentrated in: British Columbia, where 39 percent live, Saskatchewan, where 36 percent live and Alberta, where 25 percent live. Other than Canada Willness exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Saint Lucia, where 2 percent live.

Willness Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Willness earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 48.22% less than the national average, earning $22,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.86% less than the national average, earning $42,796 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilness9319/
Willnes9311/
Wellness888/
Villness881/
Wilnes8645/
Willingness842/
Vilness8018/
Wellnes8010/
Willnäs807/
Villnes803/
Wielnes801/
Wilgnes801/
Billenness7883/
Billinness7819/
Bellness753/
Vilnes71162/
Wilnis7138/
Bilnes712/
Vlness711/
Wilnex711/
Vilneus67102/
Vilnets676/
Vilneas671/
Villnäs671/
Wilnise671/
Bellinness670/
Villnez670/

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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 Willness
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