Popularity of the last name by country
Spain
- Granada (320)
- Toledo (316)
- Madrid (229)
- Málaga (71)
- Cádiz (61)
- Barcelona (57)
- Sevilla (39)
- Valencia (33)
- Guadalajara (15)
- Salamanca (15)
- Lugo (8)
- Valladolid (7)
- Huesca (6)
- Badajoz (5)
- Gerona (4)
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (3)
- Vizcaya (3)
- Almería (2)
- Ávila (2)
- Castellón (2)
- Melilla (2)
- Orense (2)
- Zaragoza (2)
- Alicante (1)
- Islas Baleares (1)
- Ceuta (1)
- Cantabria (1)
- La Coruña (1)
- Murcia (1)
- Navarra (1)
- Soria (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (1,426,842)
- United States (860,090)
- Ireland (102,368)
- Australia (91,886)
- New Zealand (86,215)
- Canada (36,821)
- France (30,632)
- Unknown country (13,306)
- Netherlands (10,685)
- Germany (4,602)
- Switzerland (4,600)
- Belgium (3,277)
- Italy (2,612)
- India (2,414)
- Sweden (2,373)
- Mexico (1,789)
- Spain (1,504)
- Denmark (1,361)
- Norway (1,338)
- Colombia (1,161)
- Russian Federation (1,031)
- China (767)
- South Africa (687)
- Argentina (681)
- Indonesia (536)
- Turkey (520)
- Jamaica (518)
- Egypt (516)
- Cuba (500)
- Greece (447)
- Brazil (424)
- Peru (422)
- Poland (387)
- Gibraltar (365)
- Austria (360)
- Portugal (321)
- Algeria (317)
- Malta (278)
- Lebanon (251)
- Finland (240)
Origine of last name
WILSON : English: from the Middle English personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Will">Will</a> + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/William">William</a>. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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