The Wilms surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 820 people carried this name — #28,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 799 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 834 people named Wilms 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
63 people named Wilms live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Wilms.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Vosges.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
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 31 people named Wilms 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Wilms have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 47 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 Wilms,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Friedrich Wilms 1824–1880 · physician -
Andreas Wilms 1494–1557 · canon
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Friedrich Heinrich Wilms 1811–1880 · pharmacist
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Joseph Wilms 1814–1892 · artist
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Friedrich Wilms 1848–1919 · pharmacist
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Albert Eduard Wilms 1853–1933 · Oberlehrer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wilms.
- Willmann 845 · U.S. census
- Willy 893 · U.S. census
- Wilm 265 · U.S. census
- Wilmes 2,116 · U.S. census
- Wilmot 4,910 · U.S. census
- Wilmouth 397 · U.S. census
- Wils 197 · U.S. census
- Wilson 801,882 · U.S. census
- Wilt 8,165 · U.S. census
- Wiltgen 579 · U.S. census
- Wiltzius 277 · U.S. census
- Wimmer 6,334 · U.S. census
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