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

The Willers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 569 people carried this name — #38,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (571).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Willers.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Moselle 18
Pas-de-Calais 17
Paris 8
Eure 7
Haute-Savoie 4
Charente-Maritime 2
Territoire de Belfort 2
Calvados 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Willers live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Zurich 11
Bern 5
Lucerne 5
Aargau 4
Graubünden 4
Solothurn 4
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

78 people named Willers is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 78

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Willers is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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