How common is the last name Willard?

20,179 people in the United States have the last name Willard, about 1 in 14,812. It ranks #1,733 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WILLARD

#1,733

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,179
About
1 in 14,812
This common or more
46.1%
Who bears it

Of the 20,179 people with the last name Willard, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Willard

#1,731 Sotelo · 20,244#1,732 Beaver · 20,220#1,734 Stiles · 20,164#1,735 Milton · 20,138

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Willard, most common first.

#22,971 Williard · 1,145#29,500 Willert · 853#29,580 Willyard · 850#82,600 Willaert · 246#86,153 Willyerd · 233

Also a first name

As a first name, Willard ranks #1,487 of 53,615, with 22,615 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1915, with 2,924 births. See Willard as a first name

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