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    The surname Willen

    A German surname, carried by 678 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W450

    Willen: #33,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Willen #33,596, 678 people Willen: #33,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Willen #33,596, 678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willen is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 678 people named Willen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 455,377 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 722.

    #33,596
    rank among US surnames
    678
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #30,516)

    Who is named Willen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Willen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Wilen

    Surnames that sound like Willen

    Willen has the Soundex code W450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W450.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Willen come from?
    * As a German surname, spelling variant of Wille. * As a Dutch surname, from Willin, related to Wilhelm.
    How common is the surname Willen?
    678 people in the United States had the surname Willen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 455,377 Americans. It ranked 33,596th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Willen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Willen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Willen getting more or less common?
    Less common. 722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 678 in 2010, down 6.1%.
    What are other spellings of Willen?
    Wilen.