How common is the surname Willet?

1,501 people in the United States had the surname Willet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Willet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Willet

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,501 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willet is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Willett. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.

Willet is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,501 people named Willet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,320.

#18,440

rank among US surnames

1,501

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,071)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,431	Goggans	1,502	205,556
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830

Who is named Willet

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

90% of people named Willet identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Willet

Willet has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

Questions

Where does the surname Willet come from?: Variant of Willett. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.
How common is the surname Willet?: 1,501 people in the United States had the surname Willet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willet?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Willet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Willet?: Willet is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Willet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, up 14%.
What are other spellings of Willet?: Willett and Willette.