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

The Willig surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 912 people carried this name — #26,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 924 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 593 people named Willig.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Haut-Rhin 265
Bas-Rhin 113
Moselle 50
Paris 39
Seine-Maritime 27
Territoire de Belfort 22
Vosges 15
Somme 7

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 84 people named Willig 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 41
City of Buenos Aires 19
Salta 14
Mendoza 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

47 people named Willig is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 47

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).

Who carried it

People named Willig,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karl Willig
    Karl Willig 1894–1946 · nurse
  • Heinrich Willich d. 1915 · soldier
  • George Willig 1764–1851 · music publisher
  • François Antoine Willig 1774–1835 · politician
  • Hermann Willig 1860–1907 · pedagogue
  • Rudolf Willig 1865–1943

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Willig.

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