WILLIAMS is ranked as the 3rd most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,519,749.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 476.62 people named WILLIAMS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WILLIAMS is
1,811,626, the rank is 3
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WILLIAMS is 568.66.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WILLIAMS is
48.5% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
46.7% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
2.0% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WILLIAMS have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WILLIAMS is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WILLIAMS
The state with the most people named
WILLIAMS is
Texas where
153,148 people have this name.
District of Columbia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WILLIAMS, as
1367.29 in every 100,000
Washingtonians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
District of Columbia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WILLIAMS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
52,426
407.02
100.0%
Indiana
30,925
468.79
100.0%
Iowa
9,105
293.04
100.0%
Kansas
11,681
402.22
100.0%
Michigan
44,578
449.83
100.0%
Minnesota
10,864
199.08
100.0%
Missouri
31,430
1049.74
100.0%
Nebraska
5,151
273.77
100.0%
North Dakota
1,029
139.19
99.8%
Ohio
52,403
451.97
100.0%
South Dakota
1,857
217.65
99.9%
Wisconsin
12,556
218.09
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WILLIAMS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,504
475.62
100.0%
Arizona
22,252
330.56
100.0%
California
119,088
306.91
100.0%
Colorado
18,443
344.35
100.0%
Hawaii
3,648
257.01
100.0%
Idaho
6,137
375.47
100.0%
Montana
3,522
344.1
100.0%
Nevada
10,455
368.26
100.0%
New Mexico
6,067
290.92
99.9%
Oregon
13,706
345.23
100.0%
Utah
10,841
368.36
100.0%
Washington
25,362
359.15
100.0%
Wyoming
2,369
405.47
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WILLIAMS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
16,112
447.96
100.0%
Maine
4,594
345.39
100.0%
Massachusetts
23,536
348.91
100.0%
New Hampshire
3,653
275.35
100.0%
New Jersey
44,220
494.73
100.0%
New York
58,747
297.51
100.0%
Pennsylvania
48,188
376.84
100.0%
Rhode Island
3,208
304.05
100.0%
Vermont
1,780
284.04
100.0%
South States
State stats for the first name WILLIAMS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WILLIAMS as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WILLIAMS.
The most popular full name is James WILLIAMS.
1.71% of all the people named WILLIAMS
have this given name.
There are 19709 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WILLIAMS