Popularity of the last name by country
United%20States
- Virginia (13,841)
- California (11,318)
- North Carolina (8,364)
- Pennsylvania (7,963)
- New York (7,609)
- Illinois (5,656)
- Missouri (5,573)
- Ohio (5,482)
- New Jersey (4,547)
- Maryland (3,928)
- Texas (3,534)
- Tennessee (3,482)
- Kentucky (3,410)
- South Carolina (3,322)
- Indiana (3,188)
- Georgia (3,187)
- Massachusetts (3,157)
- Colorado (3,110)
- Alabama (2,465)
- West Virginia (2,383)
- Mississippi (2,209)
- Iowa (1,760)
- Michigan (1,498)
- Kansas (1,392)
- Maine (1,347)
- Utah (1,260)
- Arkansas (1,245)
- Washington (1,185)
- Florida (1,111)
- Minnesota (1,066)
- Louisiana (1,032)
- Connecticut (875)
- Nebraska (822)
- Oklahoma (820)
- Wisconsin (774)
- Montana (751)
- Oregon (626)
- Vermont (567)
- Idaho (483)
- North Dakota (479)
- South Dakota (461)
- Arizona (329)
- Delaware (262)
- Wyoming (219)
- Rhode Island (213)
- New Mexico (207)
- Nevada (167)
- New Hampshire (144)
- Hawaii (118)
- Alaska (35)
All countries
- United Kingdom (313,868)
- United States (123,216)
- New Zealand (17,772)
- Australia (16,653)
- Ireland (15,988)
- Canada (4,323)
- France (3,628)
- Unknown country (2,324)
- Colombia (806)
- Netherlands (590)
- Germany (544)
- Belgium (415)
- Switzerland (334)
- Italy (322)
- India (262)
- Sweden (228)
- Norway (200)
- China (126)
- Mexico (101)
- South Africa (101)
- Jamaica (97)
- Spain (89)
- Russian Federation (85)
- Denmark (82)
- Paraguay (76)
- Turkey (75)
- Finland (61)
- Argentina (57)
- Chile (57)
- Poland (54)
- Estonia (51)
- Egypt (47)
- Lebanon (47)
- Greece (44)
- Austria (42)
- Peru (38)
- Czech republic (37)
- Portugal (36)
- Ukraine (32)
- Indonesia (31)
Origine of last name
WILLIAMSON : 1: English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/William">William</a> + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster) especially in Antrim.2: Americanized form of Norwegian Danish and North German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Wilhelmsen">Wilhelmsen</a> Swedish Wilhelmsson or Dutch and North German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Willemsen">Willemsen</a> all cognates of 1.
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