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Origin and popularity of the name WILSON

Origin

Wilson : English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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Geographic distribution of the 504,576 individuals with the name WILSON on Geneanet.

 

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