Willnow Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Willnow Surname User-submission:

This name comes from the name of the city Vilnius, currently the capital of Lithuania. The city has been known as Wilno and Vilno in the past.

Willnow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4451:180,91121,136
United States1911:1,897,691123,202
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Willnow Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name comes from the name of the city Vilnius, currently the capital of Lithuania. The city has been known as Wilno and Vilno in the past.

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Willnow Demographics

Average Willnow Salary in
United States

$52,422 USD

Per year
Rank:
342,712 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.39254E-5
Rank: 107,888 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
121.49%
Sample size: 104 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Willnow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willnow has its highest incidence in Germany. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Willnow.

How Common Is The Last Name Willnow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Willnow is the 506,723rd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,263,595 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Willnow reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 180,911. In Germany Willnow is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 18 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 17 percent reside and Berlin, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Willnow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willnow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Willnow surname expanded 9,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willnow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Willnow surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the party.

Willnow earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.49% more than the national average, earning $52,422 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilnow921/
Villnow86306/
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Wilnov770/
Wilnoff718/
Weilnaw713/
Villnova672/
Vilnov6241/
Bilnov623/
Vilnof621/
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