Willem is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Willem
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Willem

How popular is Willem?

Willem is common in Belgium.

Willem is ranked 69757 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Willems plummeted by 5.836576 per cent to 242 since 2000 and slipped by 7915 spots and ranked at 78821. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.84 90.66
Hispanic or Latino 10.74 8.17
Willem is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Namibia is ahead in terms of density. Around 6461 people have been found who wears Willem as their family name. Willem is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
98,953 Belarus7
318,252 Ukraine6
1,219,338 India3
19,093 Finland2
4,164 Vietnam2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
50,640 Switzerland2
54,641 Sweden2
30,360 Thailand1
15,705 Cameroon1
49,101 Denmark1
2,232 French Polynesia1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
20,172 Hungary1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,774 Venezuela1
4,435 Togo1
24,421 Slovakia1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,731 Australia46
1,985 Luxembourg33
93,878 Canada28
60,950 Spain28
18,889 New Zealand26
23,443 Norway26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
53,069 England70
Countries with hundreds of Willem:
7,835 South Africa822
3,818 Netherlands678
18,793 Indonesia615
633 Namibia529
20,699 Germany504
75,984 United States318
21,011 Mexico157
Countries with thousands of Willem:
7,059 France1,237
1,204 Belgium1,203
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Comments

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Rosaura Iorio
Willem is the Dutch form of guillaume: personal name of Germanic origin willhelm, composed of will and will helm = meaning helmet.

Willem Namesakes

  • Adriaan Willem Weissman, Architect
  • Albertus Willem Sijthoff, Publisher
  • Bert (Albertus) Willem Vreman, Mathematician
  • Sophie Willemse, Actress
  • Annick Willems, Politician
  • Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König, Politician
  • Dirk Willem van Krevelen, Author
  • Aryani Kiergenburg Willems, Actress
  • Christophe Willem, Singer
  • Benne Willem Holwerda, Mathematician

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