Popularity of the last name by country
France
- Paris (10,772)
- Pas-de-Calais (2,864)
- Somme (1,885)
- Nord (1,340)
- Hérault (1,081)
- Morbihan (830)
- Finistère (741)
- Yvelines (668)
- Indre-et-Loire (523)
- Seine-Maritime (401)
- Alpes-Maritimes (391)
- Rhône (391)
- Calvados (354)
- Bouches-du-Rhône (323)
- Saône-et-Loire (243)
- Loire-Atlantique (240)
- Gironde (227)
- Haute-Garonne (220)
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (208)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (201)
- Aisne (179)
- Puy-de-Dôme (168)
- Hauts-de-Seine (149)
- Manche (132)
- Loiret (130)
- Gard (124)
- Seine-et-Marne (124)
- Cher (118)
- Ille-et-Vilaine (113)
- Jura (113)
- Moselle (109)
- Var (106)
- Vienne (105)
- Seine-Saint-Denis (99)
- Oise (94)
- Marne (91)
- Lot (88)
- Bas-Rhin (86)
- Vaucluse (85)
- Haut-Rhin (82)
- Indre (78)
- Allier (68)
- Aveyron (66)
- Côte-d'Or (66)
- Vosges (64)
- Aude (62)
- Meuse (62)
- Val-de-Marne (62)
- Ardennes (59)
- Charente (59)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (56)
- Eure (50)
- Savoie (47)
- Loire (45)
- Sarthe (45)
- Hautes-Alpes (38)
- Isère (37)
- Dordogne (36)
- Charente-Maritime (35)
- Côtes-d'Armor (35)
All countries
- United Kingdom (1,426,846)
- United States (860,152)
- Ireland (102,368)
- Australia (91,885)
- New Zealand (86,215)
- Canada (36,819)
- France (30,631)
- Unknown country (13,306)
- Netherlands (10,685)
- Switzerland (4,600)
- Germany (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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