Nelson (surname)

Nelson is a surname, also used as a given name.

This article is about the surname "Nelson". For the given name, see Nelson (given name). For other uses, see Nelson (disambiguation).

It is derived from a patronymic name created from the given name "Nell," or for the Irish, "Niall". The name is also listed as a baptismal name "the son of Eleanor".[1]

Nelson is also an anglicized version of the Scandinavian names Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 39th-most common surname of 88799 listed.[2]

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References
  1. Powell, Kimberly (16 January 2020). "NELSON - Surname Meaning and Family History". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2006-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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