Last name: WILLAN
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Last name frequency
WILLAN : This last name is indexed 18,066 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WILLAN : 1: English (northern): of Norman origin from the Middle English and Old French personal name Willan (from ancient Germanic Wiland a variant of the name seen in Wieland). Sometimes perhaps from Willin as a diminutive of Will a pet form of William.2: German: possibly a variant of Wielan (see Wieland). This surname is very rare in Germany.
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