Wille surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wille surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,510 people carried this name — #8,626 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,093 people named Wille live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 700
West Flanders 208
Hainaut 71
Flemish Brabant 37
Antwerp 27
Liège 20
Walloon Brabant 12
Limburg 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

239 people named Wille 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 102
Bern 40
Aargau 23
St. Gallen 13
Schwyz 10
Vaud 7
Graubünden 7
Thurgau 4

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 95 people named Wille.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Pas-de-Calais 33
Bas-Rhin 20
Nord 14
Loire-Atlantique 6
Paris 3
Saône-et-Loire 3
Aisne 2
Calvados 1

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

In Poland’s population register

27 people named Wille have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 55 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.

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

Where they live today

Łódź 9
Lower Silesian 7
West Pomeranian 7
Masovian 4

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

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