Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

ROBINSON : 1: English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Robin">Robin</a> a pet form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Robert">Robert</a> + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.2: French: from a pet form of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Robin">Robin</a>.3: West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above but also if not mostly from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).

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