The surname Willms
A surname, carried by 1,530 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex W452
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,530 people named Willms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,410.
#18,184
rank among US surnames
1,530
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+8.5%
change since 2000 (was #18,196)
Who is named Willms
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Willms identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Two or more races 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Willms
Willms has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.
Questions
- How common is the surname Willms?
- 1,530 people in the United States had the surname Willms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Willms?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Willms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Willms getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, up 8.5%.