# Willen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/willen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 678 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,596 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 455,377 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.1% (722 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wilen |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Wille. * As a Dutch surname, from Willin, related to Wilhelm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Willen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Wallen, William, Whalen, Whelan, Wallin, Woolwine, Woolum.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.