Explore the Family Name Williquette

The meaning of Williquette

Americanized form of French Williquet: from a pet form of the personal name Willaume, Norman and Picard form of Guillaume, an equivalent of William. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Williquette slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 51,458th in prevalence, but by 2010 had slipped to 54,418th, a change of -5.75%. The count of individuals with this surname also marginally dropped over the same period, from 380 to 379, representing a decrease of -0.26%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Williquette per 100,000 also saw a decline of around -7.14%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,458	#54,418	-5.75%
Count	380	379	-0.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Williquette

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Williquette, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of bearers identified as White, though this percentage slightly declined from 97.63% in 2000 to 95.25% in 2010. Over the same period, there was a notable increase in the proportion of people with this surname identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, rising by 19.70% to reach 1.58% in 2010. Interestingly, the Census recorded a small emergence of Hispanic identification within the Williquettes, reaching 2.11% in 2010 from zero in 2000. No changes were observed for Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, or Black categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.63%	95.25%	-2.44%
Hispanic	0%	2.11%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	1.58%	19.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%