Wilen

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈwaɪɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Wilen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Willen.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 538K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 6.8K
  • SESweden1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

817 people

Sources
209 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant of Willen.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Wilen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Wilen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland8171 in 6.8K817Wilen10
SE Sweden7071 in 14K707Wilen19
US United States6181 in 538K696Wilen209
CA Canada≈110 est.≈1 in 344K—Wilen20
GB United Kingdom≈75 est.≈1 in 881K15Wilen31
DK Denmark171 in 345K17——
SG Singapore≈16 est.≈1 in 396K—Wilen1

817 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup), counting the spelling wilén. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Wilen is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swedish surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, United States, Denmark

    Languages: Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian

    Also written Wilén, Wilèn

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Finland, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Wilén, Wilèn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Wilén

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, France, United States

    Also written Wilén

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Wilén

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States

    Also written Wïlên, Wilén

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Wilen is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mkj, construct state of wil

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In dum, before, in the past

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Wilen,
InformalHi Wilen,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Wilen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020696#34,947
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010618#36,246
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000599#35,522
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—313#5,183
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—112—
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200215#109,436
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3#77,042
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2#71,105
GB United KingdomBBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Wilen mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Willen. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Wilen?
A machine transcription gives /ˈwaɪɫən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Wilen have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 817 people named Wilen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wilen.
Where is Wilen most common?
Wilen is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Wilen?
In Finland, the national register counted 817 people named Wilen, about 1 in 6.8 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wilen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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