Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Holland (1,526)
- Zuid-Holland (507)
- Utrecht (210)
- Noord-Brabant (188)
- Gelderland (99)
- Limburg (59)
- Fryslân | Friesland (57)
- Zeeland (48)
- Overijssel (45)
- Groningen (43)
- Drenthe (5)
- Flevoland (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (1,498,848)
- United States (1,103,006)
- Australia (100,470)
- New Zealand (56,604)
- Ireland (42,097)
- Canada (22,886)
- France (22,756)
- 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 (369)
- 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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