William itself comes from the old german words wil meaning desire or will and helm for helmet or protection.
Wilson family tree england.
A wilson makes up 271 84 of every 100k people in the population.
2010 us census data for wilson.
After the battle of hastings william became the most common name in england from william the conqueror.
Wilson name origin meaning and family history.
Wilson genealogy history wilson is an english patronymic surname from the name will which is a diminutive form of william.
The wilson family name was found in the usa the uk canada and scotland between 1840 and 1920.
Wilson this distinguished surname having more than seventy coats of arms and with as many notable entries in the.
Other us census data for wilson.
This was about 14 of all the recorded wilson s in the usa.
The most wilson families were found in the usa in 1880.
Surname distribution census frequency by county.
In 1840 there were 1 358 wilson families living in pennsylvania.
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This was during the reign of king edward 11nd of england 1307 1327.
Originates from england scotland and ireland meaning son of wil william.
There must be at least 100 to make the list.
There are 801882 wilson records listed in the 2010 us census and it is the number 14 ranked name.
This surname is in the top 162 000 names in the us census from 2010.