Nilsen 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
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 0

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

Nilsen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nilsen family

Profession Census Frequency
Machinist 1
Mate 1
Ordinary Seaman 1
Boy Seas 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nilsen

Name Census Frequency
Nils Nilsen 22
Mary Nilsen 8
Hans Nilsen 7
Martin Nilsen 4
Ole Nilsen 4
Alice Nilsen 3
Carl Nilsen 3
Marie Nilsen 3
Ada Nilsen 2
Adel Nilsen 2
Alb Nilsen 2
Albert Nilsen 2
Arthur Nilsen 2
Asker Nilsen 2
Bernhard Nilsen 2
Bertie Nilsen 2
Coostens Nilsen 2
Edvart Nilsen 2
Edward Nilsen 2
Eugen Nilsen 2
Ginder Nilsen 2
Gustav Nilsen 2
Halior Nilsen 2
Henrik Nilsen 2
Isak Nilsen 2

Nilsen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nelson 67% 86,357
2 Nilson 83% 4,551
3 Neilson 71% 3,894
4 Nielsen 86% 734
5 Nielson 71% 597
6 Nalson 67% 369
7 Nilsson 71% 210
8 Nilsen 100% 198
9 Nealson 57% 152
10 Nolson 67% 141
11 Nulson 67% 109

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The surname Nilsen is the 8th most popular variant of Nelson.

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