Allison Forename
3,568th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 294,852 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Allison Forename Definition:
A female name. a pet-name for Alice (q.v.), formed by the addition of the suffix -on to the French Alis, Aalis. It was common in France from the 13th C and was often treated as an independent name. It was still common in England in the 17th C, especially in the North country, where it often appears as Alicen.
Read More About This ForenameAllison Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 208,336 | 1:1,740 | 349 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,849 | 1:1,669 | 356 |
| England | 100% | 17,934 | 1:3,100 | 430 |
| Australia | - | 7,942 | 1:1,720 | 336 |
| Brazil | 100% | 6,786 | 1:31,570 | 2,596 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,878 | 1:1,380 | 244 |
| South Africa | 88% | 3,577 | 1:15,245 | 2,305 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,842 | 1:739 | 100 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| France | 100% | 1,505 | 1:44,166 | 1,431 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 1,437 | 1:123,566 | 6,444 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,355 | 1:3,348 | 556 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,349 | 1:2,294 | 391 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,250 | 1:14,182 | 976 |
| Chile | 99% | 1,165 | 1:15,113 | 947 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,028 | 1:2,805 | 574 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 902 | 1:2,043 | 332 |
| Liberia | 100% | 822 | 1:5,367 | 634 |
| Philippines | 58% | 803 | 1:132,017 | 6,755 |
| Guyana | 100% | 736 | 1:1,037 | 155 |
| Thailand | 100% | 728 | 1:96,244 | 8,247 |
| Peru | 94% | 668 | 1:47,592 | 2,470 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 525 | 1:19,869 | 1,859 |
| Belgium | 100% | 441 | 1:26,055 | 1,765 |
| Barbados | - | 384 | 1:755 | 177 |
| Ireland | 91% | 382 | 1:12,156 | 785 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 355 | 1:47,612 | 3,313 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 300 | 1:100,673 | 4,580 |
| Bahamas | - | 266 | 1:1,501 | 357 |
| China | - | 261 | 1:5,233,930 | 55,879 |
| Zimbabwe | 65% | 259 | 1:59,551 | 4,930 |
| Nicaragua | 89% | 242 | 1:24,869 | 1,698 |
| Mexico | 95% | 235 | 1:528,274 | 5,806 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 225 | 1:15,234 | 958 |
| Spain | 100% | 210 | 1:221,571 | 4,290 |
| Germany | 100% | 196 | 1:493,254 | 5,242 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 190 | 1:160,263 | 9,864 |
| Zambia | - | 175 | 1:90,599 | 4,482 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 171 | 1:27,883 | 1,622 |
| Panama | 100% | 165 | 1:23,676 | 2,198 |
| Honduras | 100% | 150 | 1:58,783 | 2,484 |
| India | 68% | 142 | 1:8,555,479 | 271,597 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 123 | 1:130,963 | 2,499 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 113 | 1:93,818 | 2,468 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 94 | 1:1,892 | 347 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57% | 87 | 1:1,283 | 222 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 87 | 1:94,408 | 3,053 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 86 | 1:94,794 | 8,737 |
| Singapore | 100% | 86 | 1:73,105 | 7,027 |
| Grenada | 82% | 84 | 1:1,287 | 264 |
| Malta | - | 80 | 1:5,367 | 705 |
| Italy | 98% | 79 | 1:772,938 | 7,237 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Colombia | 98% | 72 | 1:663,596 | 9,070 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 67 | 1:1,484 | 320 |
| Belize | 100% | 66 | 1:5,368 | 1,062 |
| Hong Kong | - | 66 | 1:117,466 | 2,903 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Russia | 100% | 62 | 1:2,326,350 | 14,884 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 55 | 1:64,551 | 1,569 |
| Japan | - | 52 | 1:2,461,270 | 21,293 |
| Namibia | - | 52 | 1:46,234 | 2,966 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 52 | 1:1,015,160 | 19,883 |
| Bermuda | - | 51 | 1:1,271 | 283 |
| Uganda | 61% | 50 | 1:819,138 | 15,470 |
| South Korea | 100% | 48 | 1:115,509 | 5,577 |
| Sweden | 100% | 45 | 1:219,065 | 7,397 |
| Jersey | - | 42 | 1:2,380 | 401 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:1,657 | 387 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 36 | 1:1,524 | 357 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:893 | 190 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 33 | 1:3,326 | 600 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:18,155 | 1,521 |
| Denmark | - | 30 | 1:188,317 | 4,268 |
| Paraguay | 88% | 28 | 1:258,457 | 3,654 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Czechia | 100% | 23 | 1:463,311 | 2,414 |
| Norway | 100% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Indonesia | - | 21 | 1:12,283,984 | 367,223 |
| Kenya | - | 19 | 1:2,437,216 | 20,914 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 19 | 1:1,251,036 | 42,396 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Finland | 70% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Cameroon | - | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Belarus | 80% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Jordan | - | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Albania | 50% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | 92% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Allíson (1), Allisón (1) & Állison (1) are calculated separately.
Allison (117,843) may also be a surname.
Allison Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a pet-name for Alice (q.v.), formed by the addition of the suffix -on to the French Alis, Aalis. It was common in France from the 13th C and was often treated as an independent name. It was still common in England in the 17th C, especially in the North country, where it often appears as Alicen. It is now mainly confined to Scotland where it is sometimes abbreviated to Ailie. The literary locus classicus of the name is the Middle English poem with its refrain ‘From alle wymmen my love is lent, Ant lyht on Alisoun’.
Alison Chaucer Canterbury Tales c. 1386. Alisceon, Alison Yorks Wills 15th C. Alisone, Alyson, Alson Lincs Wills 1450-3. Alicen, Allison A list of the Roman Catholics in the County of Yorks in 1604 1604.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Holy fame.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Allison Forename Popularity
Allison Demographics
Average Allison Salary in
United States
$47,401 USD
Per year
Rank:
155,609 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.051307
Rank: 383 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
108.9%
Sample size: 89,228 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Allison Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Allison in the Russian language | ||
| Аллисон | allison | - |
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