How common is the surname Willits?

2,202 people in the United States had the surname Willits in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,211 Americans. It ranked 13,741st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Willits?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Willits identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Willits getting more or less common?

More common. 2,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,202 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Willits

A surname, carried by 2,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willits is more common than 91.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,202 people named Willits in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,211 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,142.

#13,741

rank among US surnames

2,202

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,736	Wasilewski	2,204	140,084
#13,737	Brunetti	2,203	140,148
#13,741	Willits	2,202	140,211
#13,746	Beaird	2,201	140,275

Who is named Willits

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

94% of people named Willits identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Willits

Willits has the Soundex code W432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W432.

Questions

How common is the surname Willits?: 2,202 people in the United States had the surname Willits in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,211 Americans. It ranked 13,741st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willits?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Willits identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Willits getting more or less common?: More common. 2,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,202 in 2010, up 2.8%.