Popularity of the last name by country
Italy
- Roma (685)
- Cuneo (164)
- Napoli (129)
- Milano (126)
- Lodi (100)
- Genova (99)
- Firenze (58)
- Pisa (56)
- Verona (48)
- Torino (47)
- Ravenna (39)
- Como (34)
- Agrigento (27)
- Monza e della Brianza (23)
- Messina (18)
- Trento (14)
- Trieste (14)
- Modena (12)
- Palermo (12)
- Venezia (12)
- Parma (11)
- Lucca (10)
- Asti (9)
- Bologna (9)
- Siena (9)
- Cosenza (7)
- Ancona (5)
- Arezzo (5)
- Bari (3)
- Belluno (3)
- Chieti (3)
- Livorno (3)
- Frosinone (2)
- Isernia (2)
- Lecce (2)
- Rieti (2)
- Viterbo (2)
- Bergamo (1)
- Brescia (1)
- Brindisi (1)
- Campobasso (1)
- Cremona (1)
- Latina (1)
- Novara (1)
- Pavia (1)
- Perugia (1)
- Potenza (1)
- Prato (1)
- Rovigo (1)
- Salerno (1)
- Siracusa (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (1,498,822)
- United States (1,102,880)
- Australia (100,471)
- New Zealand (56,604)
- Ireland (42,094)
- Canada (22,884)
- France (22,755)
- Unknown country (17,688)
- Netherlands (5,916)
- Germany (3,751)
- Italy (2,977)
- Belgium (2,663)
- Switzerland (2,654)
- Denmark (2,054)
- Colombia (1,615)
- Spain (1,526)
- Mexico (1,442)
- Jamaica (1,431)
- India (1,204)
- Lebanon (1,000)
- Argentina (846)
- French Polynesia (756)
- Sweden (702)
- South Africa (691)
- Russian Federation (652)
- China (648)
- Peru (539)
- Greece (514)
- Poland (502)
- Turkey (474)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) (473)
- Norway (451)
- Egypt (424)
- Gibraltar (387)
- Israel (372)
- Czech republic (370)
- New Caledonia (368)
- Austria (353)
- Philippines (328)
- Paraguay (323)
Origine of last name
WILLIAMS : English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/William">William</a> with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages such as Dutch <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Willems">Willems</a>. Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
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