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The Will surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,575 people carried this name — #2,869 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,500 people counted. That is down 5% from 13,177 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 439 people named Will.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Bas-Rhin 151
Moselle 150
Haut-Rhin 24
Meurthe-et-Moselle 15
Pas-de-Calais 11
Paris 11
Martinique 7
French Guiana 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

235 people named Will live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 66
Bern 39
Solothurn 17
Aargau 16
Schaffhausen 12
Thurgau 12
Basel-Landschaft 11
Vaud 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

131 people named Will have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 203 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 27
Masovian 26
Łódź 20
Lubusz 12
Silesian 8
Lesser Poland 7
Pomeranian 7
Opole 6

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 48 people named Will live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 27
Buenos Aires Province 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Will in American newspapers,
1900–1915.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Will
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-12-29
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Will
Fergus County Democrat 1915-04-15
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Will
The Rice Belt Journal 1905-08-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,012,487 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Will,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Martin Will
    Johann Martin Will 1727–1806 · printer
  • Georg Andreas Will
    Georg Andreas Will 1727–1798 · diplomat
  • Heinrich Will d. 1831 · forestry worker
  • Abel Will 1515–1575 · translator
  • Matthias Will 1613–1698 · canon
  • Johann Anton Ignaz Will 1674–1726 · organ builder

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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