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Willsnoun
A patronymic surname "son of Will".
Willsnoun
transferred from the surname, or a diminutive of William.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Wills
Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WILLS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wills is ranked #1244 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Wills surname appeared 28,219 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 would have the surname Wills.
76.1% or 21,475 total occurrences were White.
17.9% or 5,077 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 762 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 581 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 195 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 130 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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swill
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WILLS in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WILLS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of WILLS in a Sentence
Boko Haram attacked us and you don't attack Niger with impunity. Today's support for the armed forces must be permanent, if Allah wills it, Niger will be Boko Haram's tomb.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations:
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
They’re good at closing games. ... Believers have wills, not wishes. Those guys have wills.
I have held that, because of the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice in relation to royal wills, there is a need to enhance the protection afforded to truly private aspects of the lives of this limited group of individuals in order to maintain the dignity of the Sovereign and close members of her family.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
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