Will is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Will
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name worn in Alsace. It is either a diminutive of Wilhelm (Guillaume =) or a person's name in its own right, Willo (& LT; wille = will). Varientes: Wille, Wilke, Willeke.

How popular is Will?

Will is common in United States.

Will is ranked 8354 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wills plummeted by 4.568566 per cent to 12575 since 2000 and slipped by 355 spots and ranked at 2869. The last name was found in around 43 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.16 91.17
Black 4.35 5.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 1.39
Others 1.45 1.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.39
Will is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while São Tomé and Príncipe is ahead in terms of density. Around 64788 people have been found who wears Will as their family name. Will is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
8,582 Japan6
48,950 Moldova6
1,632 South Korea5
2,110 Mozambique4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
8,689 Pakistan4
5,779 Uganda4
10,686 Costa Rica3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
70,383 Tanzania3
18,114 Algeria3
1,851 Togo3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
3,437 Sudan2
18,718 Thailand2
10,858 Tunisia2
4,164 Vietnam2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
4,302 Benin2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
6,353 Panama2
1,421 Gabon2
3,791 Namibia2
17,547 Colombia2
8,657 Lebanon2
162 Cook Islands2
11,736 Lithuania2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
23,858 Iran2
9,185 Hong Kong2
931 Sierra Leone2
3,478 Haiti2
11,224 Cameroon2
5,671 Guatemala2
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,190 Barbados1
1,542 Andorra1
2,935 Madagascar1
11,486 Estonia1
16,073 Latvia1
17,575 Kuwait1
37,779 Serbia1
14,373 Jordan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
9,498 Iceland1
25,746 Finland1
1,818 Guernsey1
50,549 Georgia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
3,307 Malta1
53,505 Turkey1
5,924 Paraguay1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,253 Burundi1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
2,057 Myanmar1
215 Palau1
2,724 New Caledonia1
8,181 Botswana1
8,268 Mauritius1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,879 Belize1
7,790 Zambia1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,505 Congo1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
11,923 Slovenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
16,483 Chile45
12,527 Denmark44
722 The Bahamas35
34,417 Belarus33
643 United States Virgin Islands24
11,387 Ireland22
3,125 Nicaragua20
51,398 Czech Republic20
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
621 China92
67,110 Italy90
4,622 Wales79
10,531 Norway72
16,172 Peru71
35,456 Spain65
37,832 Kazakhstan62
17,264 Israel59
16,052 Sweden58
7,402 Portugal55
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Will:
3,430 Australia895
979 Scotland840
25,252 Philippines516
2,071 Austria498
10,157 Kenya471
71 São Tomé and Príncipe468
4,870 Malaysia455
14,152 Poland430
870 Taiwan406
38,553 Russia387
1,362 Honduras370
14,898 Morocco336
13,215 Mexico314
17,266 Argentina314
4,234 Switzerland279
10,104 Netherlands279
1,340 Jamaica214
3,888 New Zealand196
2,926 Dominican Republic180
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
12,863 Belgium141
10,984 Venezuela125
15,938 Greece123
69,459 Indonesia123
5,943 Ecuador115
45,129 Ukraine113
153,634 India109
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Will:
2,316 Brazil6,392
6,357 Nigeria3,668
4,476 England1,656
1,342 Angola1,401
3,723 Canada1,242
7,826 France1,127
5,670 Egypt1,124
2,782 Ghana1,118
6,137 South Africa1,059
Countries with ten thousands of Will:
277 Germany19,804
2,520 United States15,947
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

S. Will was 45 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 10, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Waterloo from Liverpool. M. Will, aged 45, Spinster Jane Will, Michael Will, 15 years old Margt. Will, 35 years old Eliz. Will, William Will, aged 7, George Will (5), F. Will, aged Of unknown age, and 2 other Will migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Waterford.

From Italy

Mason Peter Will from New York, Italy aboard the La Bourgogne from Havre. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in New York on March 21, 1887.

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Tressie Truelove
will is a surname derived from the personal name of Germanic origin meaning willo will.

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