Willums Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Willums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway181:285,68329,080
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Willums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willums is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Willums? popularity and diffusion

The surname Willums is the 2,776,799th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Willums occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Willums live; 39 percent live in Northern Europe and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 285,683. In Norway Willums is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent live and Germany, where 20 percent live.

Willums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willums has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 138 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willums Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Willums earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 85.49% more than the national average, earning 641,953 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.05% less than the national average, earning $37,518 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Williums9341/
Wilums922/
Willims86629/
Villums864/
Willuns863/
Willoms862/
Wiliums861/
Billums861/
Williems80263/
Villumse802/
Willihms801/
Welums771/
Williusns751/
Willons7112/
Bellums712/
Billuns711/
Vellums711/
Blums671,036/
Welliems672/
Williunz671/
Blaums6211/
Bleums624/
Blyums621/
Wellons571,752/
Villons5716/
Bluijms571/
Vellims570/
Blūms5019/
Bluns502/
Blüms502/

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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 Willums
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