Last name: WILLIAM
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Last name frequency
WILLIAM : This last name is indexed 527,827 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WILLIAM : 1: English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name William Willam Willem an Old Picard and Norman French form of ancient Germanic Willihelm composed of the elements wil- ‘will desire’ + helm- ‘helmet protection’. This Norman personal name became widely used in England Scotland and Wales after the Conquest mainly no doubt in honor of the Conqueror himself. By the 13th century it had already become the most popular personal name in England. A Parisian form of the name Guillaume was also sometimes used (see Gillam) which in medieval Wales was adopted as Gwilym (see Gwilliam).2: Americanized form (translation into English) of French Guillaume.
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- Thomas (13,791)
- Mary (10,504)
- James (10,364)
- Charles (9,548)
- David (7,071)
- Henry (6,919)
- Mrs. (6,859)
- Robert (6,644)
- Mr. (6,512)
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- Margaret (4,211)
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- Arthur (2,796)
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Most indexed places
- Philadelphia (8,610)
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- Auckland (4,786)
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Most indexed countries
- United Kingdom (249,684)
- United States (165,266)
- New Zealand (25,153)
- Australia (17,577)
- France (12,741)
- Unknown country (9,645)
- Canada (8,450)
- Germany (7,413)
- Ireland (6,630)
- Belgium (2,130)
- Netherlands (1,686)
- Switzerland (1,136)
- Spain (1,113)
- Italy (1,022)
- Austria (941)
- Denmark (863)
- Sweden (771)
- Poland (623)
Available collections for this name
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(130,482) - Family Trees
(48,525) - Obituaries
(4,939) - Magazines
(1,660) - Other
(617) - Cemeteries
(169) - Coats of Arms
(75) - Memorials
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