Explore the Family Name Willers

The meaning of Willers

1. North German and Dutch: patronymic from Willer. 2. English (Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Essex): variant of Willer, with post-medieval excrescent -s. 3. English (Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Essex): perhaps occasionally also a variant of Villiers, traditionally pronounced ‘Villers’, the surname of the Dukes of Buckingham. Some characteristic forenames: German Helmuth, Ingeborg, Johann.

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How common is the last name Willers in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Willers has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 36,860th in popularity and had 571 occurrences. By 2010, the rank dropped to 38,801 with a count of 569, marking a modest change of -0.35%. This data also shows that the proportion per 100k people had decreased by 9.52%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,860	#38,801	-5.27%
Count	571	569	-0.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Willers

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Willers, the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a few shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of those bearing the surname identified as White, although there was a minor reduction from 95.80% to 94.02%. The percentage identifying as Hispanic experienced growth, increasing from 1.40% to 2.28%. The data also shows an emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander identification, which was 0% in 2000 but rose to 0.88% in 2010. Furthermore, those identifying with two or more races increased significantly from 1.05% to 2.28%. The categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.8%	94.02%	-1.86%
Two or More Races	1.05%	2.28%	117.14%
Hispanic	1.4%	2.28%	62.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.88%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%