Willsom Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Willsom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Willsom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willsom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willsom is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Willsom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Willsom live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Willsom is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.
Willsom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Willsom has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Willsom
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