Distribution of the name 'Williams'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Williams' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Williams'
In the UK there are 76.603 phone book entries with the surname Williams and approximately 333.602 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Williams is the 4. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Clwyd: 5.698.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Gwynedd (5.227), Greater London (4.605), West Midlands (4.026), West Glamorgan (3.916), Dyfed (3.871), Gwent (3.162), Merseyside (2.748), Hereford and Worcester (2.717), as well as Gloucestershire (2.562).
The following surnames sound like Williams: Wellings, Woolnough, Walling, Welling, Willlams, Willans, Wllliams, Willing, Wealleans, Woollens, Woollams, Willaims, Wellens, Wayling, Willems, Whillans, Woolliams, Whellams, Willink, Willings, Wiliams, Wheelans, Willins, Woolams, Whaling, Whellans, Wlnes, Waling, Willens, Willams.
The distribution of the name 'Williams' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Williams in the counties
| Clwyd - The surname Williams is is the 2. most common name - 5.698 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Williams is is the 2. most common name - 5.227 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Williams is is the 5. most common name - 4.605 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 4.026 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 3.916 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Williams is is the 5. most common name - 3.871 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Williams is is the 2. most common name - 3.162 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 2.748 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 2.717 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 2.562 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Williams is the 9. most common name - 2.425 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Williams is the 6. most common name - 2.070 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Williams is the 23. most common name - 1.953 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.914 persons |
| Kent - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.895 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Williams is the 3. most common name - 1.870 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Williams is the 4. most common name - 1.440 persons |
| Essex - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.369 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.336 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.299 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 1.199 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Williams is the 4. most common name - 1.196 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Williams is the 3. most common name - 1.151 persons |
| Devon - The surname Williams is the 2. most common name - 1.040 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Williams is the 5. most common name - 928 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Williams is the 6. most common name - 894 persons |
| Powys - The surname Williams is the 4. most common name - 874 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Williams is the 8. most common name - 798 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Williams is the 4. most common name - 793 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Williams is the 10. most common name - 793 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Williams is is the 14. most common name - 732 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Williams is is the 6. most common name - 615 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Williams is is the 31. most common name - 590 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Williams is is the 30. most common name - 567 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Williams is is the 12. most common name - 560 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Williams is is the 13. most common name - 544 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Williams is is the 5. most common name - 528 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Williams is is the 21. most common name - 513 persons |
| Central - The surname Williams is is the 220. most common name - 509 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Williams is is the 4. most common name - 507 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Williams is is the 4. most common name - 486 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Williams is is the 25. most common name - 428 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Williams is is the 7. most common name - 400 persons |
| Durham - The surname Williams is is the 22. most common name - 345 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Williams is is the 36. most common name - 341 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Williams is is the 17. most common name - 316 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 311 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Williams is is the 92. most common name - 299 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 283 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Williams is is the 172. most common name - 255 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Williams is is the 135. most common name - 251 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Williams is is the 5. most common name - 250 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Williams is is the 3. most common name - 205 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Williams is is the 111. most common name - 186 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Williams is is the 182. most common name - 165 persons |
| Fife - The surname Williams is is the 195. most common name - 147 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Williams is is the 15. most common name - 116 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Williams is is the 190. most common name - 105 persons |
| County Down - The surname Williams is is the 205. most common name - 60 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Williams is is the 142. most common name - 52 persons |
| Highland - The surname Williams is is the 168. most common name - 40 persons |
| Avon - The surname Williams is is the 33. most common name - 34 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Williams is is the 114. most common name - 27 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Williams is is the 36. most common name - 22 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Williams is is the 32. most common name - 16 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Williams is is the 407. most common name - 10 persons |
| Borders - The surname Williams is is the 383. most common name - 8 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Williams is is the 384. most common name - 7 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Williams is is the 252. most common name - 2 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Williams is is the 487. most common name - 1 person |
| County Londonderry - The surname Williams is is the 1821. most common name - 1 person |
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