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    The surname Willingham

    An English place surname, carried by 12,818 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W452

    Willingham: #2,814 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Willingham #2,814, 12,818 people Willingham: #2,814 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Willingham #2,814, 12,818 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willingham is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

    Willingham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,818 people named Willingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,087 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,475.

    #2,814
    rank among US surnames
    12,818
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,659)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,805Millard12,84324,040
    #2,806Shen12,83924,047
    #2,807Thrasher12,83624,053
    #2,808Danielson12,83324,059
    #2,809Ebert12,83024,064
    #2,810Tubbs12,82824,068
    #2,811Gilchrist12,82524,074

    Who is named Willingham

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

    63% of people named Willingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Willinghams

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Travis Willingham
      American voice actor, born 1981
    • Noble Willingham
      American actor (1931–2004)
    • Josh Willingham
      American baseball player, born 1979
    • Calder Willingham
      American writer (1922–1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Willingham

    Willingham has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Willingham come from?
    From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Willingham?
    12,818 people in the United States had the surname Willingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,087 Americans. It ranked 2,814th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Willingham?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Willingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Willingham?
    Travis Willingham, American voice actor, followed by Noble Willingham.
    Where is the surname Willingham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Willingham in the United States.
    What type of surname is Willingham?
    Willingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Willingham getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,818 in 2010, up 2.7%.