Last Name WILLIAMS

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Meaning	The son of William. For nearly eight centuries Williams and John have raced for the first place in popularity in England.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Native American, Irish, Lebanese, Falkland, Maori, Maltese, Creole, Austrian, Nigerian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	3 (2000 US census)	3 (1990 US census)

Count	1,534,042 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

48.52%, or 744317 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
46.72%, or 716704 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 5676 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 11966 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.01%, or 30834 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.6%, or 24545 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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