Last Name WILLIS

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Meaning The son of William, from the nickname Will, Willy, or Willie. The final 's' represents the patronymic, as in the case of Williams, Johns, etc.
Willy's, the son of Willy, the "s" being added for son.
Origin English, Jewish, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Ugandan, South african

Rank 216 (2000 US census) 172 (1990 US census)
Count 125,627 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 64.74%, or 81331 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.38%, or 38165 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.46%, or 578 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.16%, or 1457 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.77%, or 2224 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.49%, or 1872 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


American Surnames

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Shortest last names

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Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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