Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

NELSON : 1: English: patronymic from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nell">Nell</a> or Nele either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Neal">Neal</a>.2: Americanized form of Swedish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nilsson">Nilsson</a> and also of the Danish Norwegian and North German cognates <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nielsen">Nielsen</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nilsen">Nilsen</a> (compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nelsen">Nelsen</a>). Compare also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Neilson">Neilson</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nielson">Nielson</a>.

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