The Willems surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,505 people carried this name — #11,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 16,950 people named Willems 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 823 people named Willems.
109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
94 people named Willems live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
20 people named Willems have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 45 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Who carried it
People named Willems,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dirk Willems 1500–1569 -
Adriaan Willems 1617–1652 · missionary -
Jan Frans Willems 1793–1846 · writer -
Florent Willems 1823–1905 · painter -
Pieter Willems 1840–1898 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 232 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Willems.
- Willard 21,183 · U.S. census
- Wille 3,510 · U.S. census
- Willem 257 · U.S. census
- Willemain 113 · U.S. census
- Willeman 114 · U.S. census
- Willemin 219 · U.S. census
- Willer 2,305 · U.S. census
- Willers 571 · U.S. census
- Willette 3,602 · U.S. census
- William 17,164 · U.S. census
- Williame 147 · U.S. census
- Williams 1,534,042 · U.S. census
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