Willsmer Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Willsmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willsmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:511,17532,340
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Wales41:773,63329,106
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631

Willsmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willsmer is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Willsmer.

How Common Is The Last Name Willsmer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,628,521st most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Willsmer occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Willsmer live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 511,175. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 25 percent are found, Essex, where 24 percent are found and West Sussex, where 15 percent are found. Barring England this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Wales, where 3 percent are found.

Willsmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Willsmer has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Willsmer surname grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Willsmer Last Name Statistics demography

Willsmer earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willsmere9412/
Willesmer940/
Wilsmer932/
Willesme881/
Willsmir881/
Wilsmir801/
Welsmer800/
Welshmer7510/
Wildsmir751/
Vilsmier750/
Wilsma712/
Wljmer711/
Wielsma67174/
Vilsmyr6717/
Bellesme633/
Wellsmith596/
Wlesmi571/
Wellssmith562/
Wilschmidt561/
Wellschmidt5326/
Welsmid533/
Blessme532/

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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 Willsmer
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