Popularity of the last name by country
United States
- California (101,831)
- Missouri (87,737)
- Virginia (79,541)
- Massachusetts (71,810)
- North Carolina (68,201)
- New York (66,076)
- Illinois (44,244)
- Pennsylvania (43,390)
- Maryland (40,175)
- Connecticut (39,732)
- Colorado (34,382)
- Ohio (33,859)
- Tennessee (32,811)
- Kentucky (29,997)
- Texas (29,621)
- Indiana (27,612)
- Michigan (25,083)
- Georgia (24,156)
- New Jersey (21,159)
- South Carolina (19,821)
- Alabama (19,714)
- Mississippi (15,352)
- Iowa (15,144)
- Arkansas (13,194)
- Utah (12,969)
- West Virginia (12,767)
- Florida (12,587)
- Kansas (12,013)
- Rhode Island (11,756)
- Louisiana (10,493)
- Oklahoma (9,799)
- Washington (8,745)
- Wisconsin (8,584)
- Vermont (8,181)
- Minnesota (7,885)
- Maine (7,482)
- Idaho (5,939)
- Nebraska (5,689)
- Arizona (5,588)
- Oregon (5,504)
- Montana (5,125)
- New Hampshire (4,519)
- North Dakota (2,935)
- South Dakota (2,812)
- Wyoming (2,171)
- New Mexico (2,153)
- Delaware (1,877)
- Nevada (1,764)
- Hawaii (1,262)
- Alaska (386)
All countries
- United Kingdom (1,495,562)
- United States (1,102,435)
- Australia (100,325)
- New Zealand (56,650)
- Ireland (42,069)
- Canada (22,989)
- France (22,756)
- Unknown country (17,688)
- Netherlands (5,914)
- Germany (3,752)
- Italy (2,989)
- Belgium (2,911)
- Switzerland (2,656)
- Denmark (2,062)
- Colombia (1,615)
- Spain (1,562)
- Jamaica (1,458)
- Mexico (1,453)
- India (1,203)
- Lebanon (1,002)
- Argentina (865)
- French Polynesia (769)
- Sweden (713)
- South Africa (711)
- Russian Federation (651)
- China (650)
- Peru (559)
- Greece (513)
- Poland (502)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) (476)
- Turkey (473)
- Norway (452)
- Egypt (424)
- Gibraltar (387)
- Israel (372)
- New Caledonia (367)
- Czech republic (362)
- Austria (354)
- Philippines (333)
- 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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