Nelson Forename
301st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,067,341 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau
Nelson Forename Definition:
Its use as a baptismal name dates from 1798-1805, the period of the great English admiral’s victories; especially in Norfolk, whence he hailed. ‘More Nelsons are derived from Neil... than from Nell,’ Weekley, Romance of Names; ‘probably from Cornelleson, a Dutch variant of Cornelius’ (Swan) may also be true of some.
Read More About This ForenameNelson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 284,400 | 1:753 | 108 |
| Mozambique | - | 195,356 | 1:139 | 16 |
| Philippines | 99% | 177,016 | 1:599 | 87 |
| Colombia | 100% | 165,210 | 1:289 | 40 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 100,989 | 1:299 | 28 |
| United States | 100% | 99,843 | 1:3,631 | 589 |
| Angola | 100% | 68,290 | 1:395 | 67 |
| Uganda | 100% | 64,479 | 1:635 | 119 |
| Chile | 100% | 55,398 | 1:318 | 68 |
| Ecuador | - | 54,193 | 1:327 | 62 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 52,817 | 1:999 | 210 |
| Kenya | 100% | 52,389 | 1:884 | 175 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 51,188 | 1:3,469 | 612 |
| Argentina | 100% | 39,599 | 1:1,080 | 209 |
| Cuba | - | 37,327 | 1:308 | 73 |
| Portugal | - | 32,552 | 1:320 | 70 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31,888 | 1:327 | 34 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30,212 | 1:292 | 38 |
| El Salvador | - | 27,078 | 1:234 | 34 |
| Malawi | 99% | 25,890 | 1:661 | 145 |
| Peru | 100% | 24,915 | 1:1,276 | 259 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 24,581 | 1:70 | 32 |
| South Africa | 100% | 23,830 | 1:2,288 | 394 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 22,294 | 1:325 | 49 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 19,766 | 1:536 | 118 |
| Zambia | - | 18,300 | 1:866 | 197 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18,013 | 1:6,892 | 705 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 17,013 | 1:201 | 35 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 15,888 | 1:971 | 167 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 15,633 | 1:1,030 | 221 |
| East Timor | - | 14,890 | 1:82 | 20 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 14,692 | 1:555 | 62 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 14,572 | 1:5,066 | 635 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 14,407 | 1:418 | 57 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 13,747 | 1:18,765 | 2,651 |
| Ghana | 98% | 13,372 | 1:2,018 | 342 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,912 | 1:2,566 | 496 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 10,616 | 1:2,036 | 404 |
| India | 100% | 9,896 | 1:122,765 | 14,251 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,726 | 1:4,333 | 692 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7,032 | 1:678 | 139 |
| Haiti | 100% | 7,017 | 1:1,529 | 242 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,754 | 1:767 | 149 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,490 | 1:712 | 105 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 5,187 | 1:5,870 | 675 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4,882 | 1:2,366 | 378 |
| Namibia | - | 4,564 | 1:527 | 90 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,867 | 1:2,941 | 600 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,497 | 1:8,811 | 1,284 |
| France | 100% | 3,423 | 1:19,419 | 904 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,247 | 1:14,330 | 943 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3,028 | 1:1,172 | 180 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| England | 100% | 2,603 | 1:21,361 | 1,329 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2,386 | 1:222 | 22 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,146 | 1:9,692 | 1,463 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,976 | 1:294 | 53 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,375 | 1:115,972 | 7,431 |
| Australia | - | 1,374 | 1:9,940 | 946 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,298 | 1:10,476 | 1,671 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,176 | 1:1,858 | 328 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 873 | 1:220 | 12 |
| New Zealand | - | 819 | 1:5,539 | 746 |
| Micronesia | - | 755 | 1:141 | 35 |
| Poland | 100% | 754 | 1:50,434 | 1,356 |
| Hong Kong | - | 746 | 1:10,392 | 956 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 659 | 1:236 | 37 |
| Gabon | - | 641 | 1:2,938 | 671 |
| Congo | 100% | 597 | 1:8,391 | 1,129 |
| Swaziland | - | 538 | 1:2,417 | 531 |
| Belize | 100% | 537 | 1:660 | 91 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 537 | 1:15,295 | 1,229 |
| Armenia | 100% | 518 | 1:5,635 | 641 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 507 | 1:46,883 | 7,147 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Oman | - | 483 | 1:8,507 | 1,076 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 480 | 1:35,213 | 2,744 |
| China | - | 477 | 1:2,863,849 | 47,636 |
| Singapore | 100% | 476 | 1:13,208 | 2,571 |
| Germany | 100% | 435 | 1:222,248 | 3,308 |
| Thailand | 100% | 425 | 1:164,861 | 11,677 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 408 | 1:476,367 | 11,250 |
| Italy | 99% | 350 | 1:174,463 | 2,624 |
| Vanuatu | - | 345 | 1:759 | 206 |
| Russia | 88% | 339 | 1:425,468 | 4,931 |
| Sweden | 100% | 337 | 1:29,252 | 1,823 |
| Jamaica | - | 282 | 1:10,224 | 1,159 |
| Belgium | 100% | 224 | 1:51,295 | 2,485 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 204 | 1:27,586 | 1,810 |
| French Polynesia | - | 200 | 1:1,390 | 319 |
| Bahamas | - | 194 | 1:2,059 | 453 |
| Scotland | 95% | 186 | 1:28,765 | 1,191 |
| Aruba | - | 175 | 1:593 | 84 |
| Egypt | 100% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 166 | 1:8,201 | 1,273 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Albania | 100% | 161 | 1:18,923 | 2,466 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Japan | - | 145 | 1:882,662 | 14,274 |
| Guyana | 100% | 144 | 1:5,300 | 959 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 142 | 1:653 | 151 |
| Senegal | 100% | 138 | 1:105,662 | 2,940 |
| Benin | 100% | 123 | 1:85,982 | 5,612 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Guam | - | 112 | 1:1,434 | 319 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 107 | 1:19,065 | 2,435 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 104 | 1:221,884 | 10,754 |
| Ireland | 100% | 94 | 1:49,399 | 1,626 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 90 | 1:6,267 | 613 |
| Brunei | - | 86 | 1:4,879 | 489 |
| Israel | 99% | 82 | 1:102,475 | 4,403 |
| Norway | 100% | 81 | 1:63,362 | 2,402 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 67 | 1:27,510 | 1,060 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 66 | 1:2,694 | 508 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 65 | 1:250,359 | 7,295 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Marshall Islands | 97% | 54 | 1:949 | 103 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Georgia | 100% | 42 | 1:89,011 | 3,412 |
| Macau | - | 41 | 1:14,834 | 305 |
| Grenada | 100% | 40 | 1:2,703 | 535 |
| Iraq | - | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Ukraine | 82% | 39 | 1:1,166,664 | 3,672 |
| Mauritius | - | 38 | 1:34,152 | 2,426 |
| Wales | 100% | 38 | 1:81,429 | 2,227 |
| Burundi | 100% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:977 | 211 |
| Vietnam | - | 30 | 1:3,087,437 | 3,350 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 28 | 1:3,985 | 727 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 28 | 1:3,920 | 684 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 25 | 1:286,080 | 16,329 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Greece | 100% | 15 | 1:728,970 | 8,230 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Croatia | - | 14 | 1:301,220 | 4,308 |
| Czechia | 94% | 14 | 1:761,154 | 3,032 |
| Finland | 90% | 14 | 1:391,656 | 5,045 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Afghanistan | - | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Andorra | - | 12 | 1:6,907 | 529 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| San Marino | 100% | 11 | 1:2,993 | 361 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Nélson (792), Nelsón (45), Nelsòn (2) & Ñelson (1) are calculated separately.
Nelson (789,353) may also be a surname.
Nelson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Its use as a baptismal name dates from 1798-1805, the period of the great English admiral’s victories; especially in Norfolk, whence he hailed. ‘More Nelsons are derived from Neil... than from Nell,’ Weekley, Romance of Names; ‘probably from Cornelleson, a Dutch variant of Cornelius’ (Swan) may also be true of some.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Nelson Forename Popularity
Nelson Demographics
Nelson Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 17 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Nelson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson in the Russian language | ||
| Нельсон | nelson | - |
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