as a Last Name
- 2,834
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Elson
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from places in Hampshire and Shropshire named Elson. The former is named from the Old English personal name Æðelswīð (composed of the elements æðel ‘noble’ + swīð ‘strong’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Elli (see Ellington) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’ or dūn ‘hill’.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,834
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Nebraska
- has the most people named Elson per capita
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