Wilmers Surname

420,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wilmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3791:212,41524,030
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
Brazil1311:1,634,15553,881
England341:1,638,76668,634
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Wilmers (45) may also be a first name.

Wilmers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wilmers occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilmers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wilmers is the 420,906th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,844,109 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Wilmers live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wilmers is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 45 people.

Wilmers is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 212,415. In Germany Wilmers is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Brazil, where 16 percent reside.

Wilmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilmers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilmers last name rose 331 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilmers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wilmers last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wilmers earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.06% more than the national average, earning $52,238 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willmers93190/
Wilmaers9351/
Welmers86479/
Wilmars8614/
Wilmarsh8030/
Billmers8019/
Wilmhirst750/
Velmers7135/
Belmers713/
Vilmars713/
Bellmers670/

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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 Wilmers
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