How common is the surname Willette?

3,835 people in the United States had the surname Willette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,507 Americans. It ranked 8,589th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Willette?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Willette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Willette getting more or less common?

More common. 3,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,835 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Willette

A surname, carried by 3,835 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). Willette is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Alternative form of Willett.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,835 people named Willette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,507 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,602.

#8,589

rank among US surnames

3,835

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,581	Franck	3,838	80,444
#8,586	Kenna	3,837	80,465
#8,587	Leyba	3,836	80,486
#8,589	Willette	3,835	80,507
#8,590	Weise	3,834	80,528
#8,593	Cueto	3,833	80,549
#8,594	Haack	3,832	80,570

Who is named Willette

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

93% of people named Willette identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Willette

Willette 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 Willette come from?: Alternative form of Willett.
How common is the surname Willette?: 3,835 people in the United States had the surname Willette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,507 Americans. It ranked 8,589th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willette?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Willette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Willette getting more or less common?: More common. 3,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,835 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Willette?: Willett and Willet.