as a Last Name
- 749,050
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wilson
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal name Will, a very common medieval short form of William.
| 8th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 749,050
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Wilson per capita
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