Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• Virginia (27,709)
• California (17,847)
• Missouri (12,640)
• New York (10,253)
• North Carolina (10,229)
• Tennessee (8,975)
• Illinois (7,391)
• Kentucky (7,039)
• Maryland (6,713)
• Texas (6,600)
• Indiana (5,629)
• Alabama (4,784)
• Colorado (3,817)
• South Carolina (3,694)
• Pennsylvania (3,613)
• Georgia (3,282)
• Michigan (3,203)
• Ohio (3,167)
• Massachusetts (2,688)
• Mississippi (2,532)
• Utah (2,301)
• Iowa (2,299)
• Arkansas (2,254)
• New Jersey (2,170)
• Oklahoma (2,128)
• Kansas (2,097)
• Louisiana (1,863)
• Minnesota (1,763)
• Connecticut (1,705)
• Washington (1,488)
• Florida (1,411)
• Nebraska (1,329)
• West Virginia (1,152)
• Oregon (1,148)
• Maine (983)
• Wisconsin (955)
• North Dakota (889)
• New Hampshire (869)
• Vermont (863)
• Idaho (793)
• Montana (787)
• Arizona (629)
• Wyoming (585)
• Hawaii (420)
• South Dakota (398)
• New Mexico (334)
• Rhode Island (203)
• Nevada (195)
• Delaware (94)
• Alaska (69)

All countries

• United Kingdom (440,238)
• United States (176,121)
• Australia (38,414)
• New Zealand (29,952)
• Canada (17,385)
• France (7,426)
• Ireland (5,662)
• Unknown country (3,568)
• Netherlands (2,239)
• Germany (1,077)
• India (707)
• Belgium (698)
• Italy (616)
• Switzerland (595)
• Norway (403)
• South Africa (401)
• Denmark (380)
• Spain (361)
• Sweden (358)
• Mexico (314)
• Colombia (253)
• Russian Federation (205)
• China (201)
• Turkey (156)
• Argentina (155)
• Jamaica (152)
• Egypt (145)
• Austria (112)
• Indonesia (111)
• Greece (109)
• Korea, Republic of (108)
• Philippines (104)
• Poland (89)
• Martinique (88)
• Gibraltar (86)
• Singapore (84)
• Peru (83)
• Romania (79)
• Paraguay (71)
• Brazil (70)

Origine of last name

ROBERTSON : 1: Scottish and English: patronymic from the Middle English Norman French and Older Scots personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Robert">Robert</a> + -son. This surname is especially common in Scotland where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland including Robert the Bruce (1274–1329).2: Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Robertsson: patronymic from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Robert">Robert</a>.3: Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Robertsen a cognate of 1 above.