Willyam Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Willyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1011:1,309,39890,991
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
India71:109,580,769786,157
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Willyam (3,646) may also be a first name.

Willyam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Willyam (Oriya: ୟୁଲିୟମ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Willyam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Willyam is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Willyam are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 116,975th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 3,646 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,309,398. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 46 percent live, South Sumatra, where 28 percent live and East Java, where 13 percent live. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willyham931/
Wellyam867/
Willjam861/
Williham804/
Willieam801/
Wlliam7761/
Wliam671/
Welleham671/
Wleam671/
Blyham626/
Belleham530/

Willyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Willyam in the Oriya language
ୟୁଲିୟମyuliyama-

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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 Willyam
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