Wilmans Surname

403,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wilmans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilmans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5371:100,89012,215
Netherlands1241:136,18720,959
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Belgium421:273,73032,801
England281:1,989,93178,001
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Wilmans (35) may also be a first name.

Wilmans Last Name Facts

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

Wilmans is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wilmans click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilmans? popularity and diffusion

Wilmans is the 403,243rd most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,376,490 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wilmans are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 537 people, or 1 in 100,890. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent reside and Western Cape, where 17 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Wilmans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wilmans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilmans surname expanded 607 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 933 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilmans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wilmans surname are 3.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.52% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wilmans earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.97% more than the national average, earning R 510,852 per year and in United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilmanns93135/
Willmans9354/
Wielmans931/
Weilmans930/
Willmanns8863/
Wijlemans8819/
Welmans86353/
Vilmans8627/
Bilmans8616/
Uilmans861/
Wilmons860/
Wellmans8042/
Wylemans8019/
Willmons800/
Wellmanns75182/
Wehlmanns750/
Belmans712,227/
Velmans71190/
Bellmans671/
Huelmans671/
Wellmams670/
Vellmanns6327/
Belmons571/

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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 Wilmans
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