Wilhelm Forename

2,633rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 392,995 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wilhelm Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Wilhelm Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
338,2781:28677
Austria
100%
27,0181:31585
South Africa
100%
6,6151:8,2441,462
Namibia-3,7791:636125
United States
100%
3,0251:119,8475,031
Switzerland
100%
1,5391:5,337724
Poland
100%
1,2251:31,043972
Brazil
100%
1,1591:184,8468,477
Sweden
100%
9371:10,521910
Philippines
96%
 
8891:119,2466,311
Norway
100%
7661:6,700711
Canada
100%
7591:43,6543,022
Sri Lanka-5721:36,3624,240
Mexico
100%
5311:233,7943,876
Tanzania
100%
4851:108,8425,862
Italy
100%
4451:137,2182,258
Dominican Republic-4201:24,8362,150
Belgium
100%
3541:32,4581,979
Ghana-3371:80,0783,677
Netherlands
100%
3221:52,4913,520
Denmark-2911:19,4141,173
Chile
69%
 
2641:66,6942,060
Romania
100%
2331:86,0603,990
England
100%
2021:275,2627,209
Israel
97%
 
1881:44,6962,924
Guatemala
100%
1821:88,5082,099
Peru
100%
1641:193,8505,155
Paraguay
100%
1571:46,0941,808
Thailand
100%
1541:454,97322,288
France
100%
1491:446,1105,096
Finland
100%
1431:38,3441,511
Belize
100%
1331:2,664609
Venezuela
100%
1271:237,8108,169
Spain
100%
1061:438,9625,943
Haiti
100%
901:119,1886,367
Indonesia-751:3,439,516151,863
Australia-731:187,0914,883
Ecuador-731:242,8353,797
Greece
100%
491:223,1544,334
New Zealand-401:113,4014,717
Russia
90%
 
351:4,120,96321,515
DR Congo
100%
341:2,171,40051,388
Czechia
100%
331:322,9142,031
Nicaragua
100%
271:222,9015,415
Costa Rica
100%
261:183,3834,417
Ireland
100%
241:193,4803,761
China-231:59,393,73062,751
Estonia-231:57,1903,101
Colombia
100%
211:2,275,18718,014
Croatia
100%
211:200,8133,495
Greenland-171:3,316507
Liechtenstein-171:2,227332
Malta-171:25,2561,655
Scotland
100%
151:356,6915,068
Malaysia
100%
141:2,174,99661,888
Puerto Rico-141:253,5932,813
Hungary
96%
 
131:753,2132,518
Panama-131:300,5049,934
Qatar
100%
131:182,27721,851
Argentina
80%
 
111:3,888,47710,916
Curaçao-101:15,580668
Guam-101:16,0651,791
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Nigeria
100%
91:19,729,373174,791
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Slovakia
100%
91:590,0072,547
Zimbabwe
100%
91:1,713,75749,613
Papua New Guinea
88%
 
81:1,019,03971,574
Singapore
100%
81:785,88213,409
Taiwan
100%
71:3,395,66964,613
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
El Salvador-61:1,056,9646,645
Honduras-61:1,469,57813,832
India
100%
61:202,479,6622,100,642
Luxembourg
100%
61:94,0082,618
Trinidad and Tobago-61:226,90311,844
Wales
100%
61:515,7186,554
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Bahamas-41:99,8421,712
Faroe Islands
100%
41:12,2821,318
French Polynesia-41:69,4762,352
Kazakhstan
100%
41:4,436,71124,678
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Bolivia-31:3,533,8015,917
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Senegal-31:4,860,45220,187
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Uruguay-31:1,142,54610,015
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Cameroon
100%
21:10,805,25286,897
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Kenya
100%
21:23,153,55556,680
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484

The alternate forms: Wilhélm (1) are calculated separately.

Wilhelm (100,007) may also be a surname.

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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