Surname distribution census frequency by county.
Wilson family tree england.
Originates from england scotland and ireland meaning son of wil william.
Wilson genealogy history wilson is an english patronymic surname from the name will which is a diminutive form of william.
William itself comes from the old german words wil meaning desire or will and helm for helmet or protection.
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Other us census data for wilson.
A wilson makes up 271 84 of every 100k people in the population.
There must be at least 100 to make the list.
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In 1840 there were 1 358 wilson families living in pennsylvania.
The most wilson families were found in the usa in 1880.
This was about 14 of all the recorded wilson s in the usa.
Wilson name origin meaning and family history.
The wilson family name was found in the usa the uk canada and scotland between 1840 and 1920.
There are 801882 wilson records listed in the 2010 us census and it is the number 14 ranked name.
2010 us census data for wilson.
This was during the reign of king edward 11nd of england 1307 1327.
After the battle of hastings william became the most common name in england from william the conqueror.