Willsons Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Willsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Willsons Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willsons is found most frequently in Canada. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Willsons? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Willsons is predominantly found in The Americas, where 33 percent of Willsons live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada it is mostly found in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Canada it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found.

Willsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willsons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Willsons surname decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilsons9380/
Willjons884/
Wellsons882/
Wilsonst881/
Wilshons880/
Wilshhons820/
Vilsons8088/
Wilcons8011/
Wilsonx801/
Wilsonz801/
Bilsons801/
Welshons75281/
Willsams751/
Welshonse7158/
Welshhons7149/
Villezons711/
Willjonce711/
Vilsans6754/
Belsons674/
Bilzons672/
Wlshans671/

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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 Willsons
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