How Many People Have the Last Name Williams?
people had the surname Williams in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 181 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+91,210 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Williams: 47.7% are non-Hispanic Black and 45.8% are non-Hispanic White. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 48.5% to 45.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Williams grew from 1,534,042 people in 2000 to 1,625,252 in 2010 (up 5.9%), and its rank stayed #3. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 568.66 to 550.97 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,534,042 | 1,625,252 |
| Rank | #3 | #3 |
| Per 100,000 people | 568.66 | 550.97 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Williams
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Williams: W452
👤 Williams as a First Name
Williams is a first name too: about 3,653 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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