Wilmes Surname
Approximately 7,189 people bear this surname
Wilmes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,400 | 1:23,678 | 3,140 |
| United States | 2,779 | 1:130,428 | 13,747 |
| Luxembourg | 318 | 1:1,826 | 196 |
| France | 265 | 1:250,652 | 38,735 |
| Belgium | 179 | 1:64,227 | 10,317 |
| Netherlands | 101 | 1:167,200 | 24,400 |
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
The alternate forms: Wilmès (3) are calculated separately.
Wilmes (161) may also be a first name.
Wilmes Demographics
Average Male Wilmes Height
177.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wilmes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wilmes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wilmes is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Wilmès. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilmes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,021st most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,013,708 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wilmes live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wilmes is also the 722,635th most numerous first name globally, held by 161 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 3,400 people, or 1 in 23,678. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 22 percent live and Hesse, where 4 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 39 percent live and Luxembourg, where 4 percent live.
Wilmes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wilmes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,417 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wilmes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wilmes last name are 26.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.15% registered with the party.
Wilmes earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.68% more than the national average, earning $46,465 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmès | 94 | 3 | / |
| Willmes | 92 | 2,185 | / |
| Wilmexs | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wilmest | 92 | 0 | / |
| Willmets | 86 | 37 | / |
| Wilmetts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Willmesz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bilmes | 83 | 195 | / |
| Vilmes | 83 | 76 | / |
| Welmes | 83 | 10 | / |
| Wilmis | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wilmez | 83 | 1 | / |
| Willmetts | 80 | 64 | / |
| Vilmeus | 77 | 904 | / |
| Vielmes | 77 | 3 | / |
| Willmis | 77 | 3 | / |
| Vilmeis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wilmech | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wielmis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whelmes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wilmish | 77 | 0 | / |
| Blmes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bilmez | 67 | 9,326 | / |
| Belmes | 67 | 1,441 | / |
| Bilmeç | 67 | 110 | / |
| Bilmis | 67 | 64 | / |
| Wlmeez | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bylmes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vilmis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Velmes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vilmesova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welmis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weylemess | 67 | 0 | / |
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Wilmes Reference & Research
Wilmes FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wilmes
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis