Family name Willams (Willams 
) , globally, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Willams is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is quite a rare surname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nigeria. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Nigeria, the United States, and Ghana. Also, Willams is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Willams | Nigeria, Brazil, United States, Ghana, Bolivia |
| michael willams British diplomat, GB |
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| james r. willams Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis 1962 |
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| mandisa willams South African rugby union player, ZA (b. 1984) |
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