Popularity of the last name by country
Switzerland
All countries
- United States (355,631)
- United Kingdom (176,879)
- Ireland (20,884)
- New Zealand (16,657)
- Australia (15,139)
- Sweden (11,845)
- Canada (10,514)
- France (6,574)
- Unknown country (4,534)
- Norway (3,820)
- Denmark (3,274)
- Germany (2,285)
- Netherlands (1,195)
- Italy (1,148)
- Switzerland (1,139)
- Martinique (789)
- Spain (703)
- Mexico (656)
- Guadeloupe (579)
- Belgium (491)
- Colombia (443)
- Latvia (413)
- Russian Federation (392)
- Argentina (366)
- Austria (359)
- India (318)
- China (287)
- South Africa (264)
- Finland (253)
- Brazil (225)
- Paraguay (224)
- Jamaica (202)
- Réunion (163)
- Gibraltar (162)
- Algeria (158)
- Greece (139)
- Peru (124)
- Philippines (121)
- Panama (118)
- Samoa (116)
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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