Nellson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Nellson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nellson family

Profession Census Frequency
Commercial Traveler 1
Labourer Bricklayer 1
Shepherd 1
General Servant (domestic) 1
Labourer 1
Laundress 1
School 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nellson

Name Census Frequency
Jane Nellson 7
John Nellson 7
William Nellson 7
Charles Nellson 6
George Nellson 6
Joseph Nellson 6
Mary Nellson 6
James Nellson 5
Lucy Nellson 3
Alfred Nellson 2
Ann Nellson 2
Annie Nellson 2
Daniel Nellson 2
Edward Nellson 2
Eliza Nellson 2
Elizabeth Nellson 2
Ellen Nellson 2
Frances Nellson 2
Frederick Nellson 2
Samuel Nellson 2
Sarah Nellson 2
Albert Nellson 1
Alexander Nellson 1
Authur Nellson 1
Bernard Nellson 1

Nellson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nelson 86% 86,357
2 Nellson 100% 119

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The surname Nellson is the 2nd most popular variant of Nelson.

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