Wilson Forename
535th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,419,252 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Palau
Wilson Forename Definition:
A comparatively little used m. ‘Christian’ direct from the surname, which obviously simplifies Will’s son: cf. Johnson.
Wilson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 257,598 | 1:832 | 127 |
| Colombia | 100% | 172,856 | 1:276 | 37 |
| Uganda | 100% | 127,747 | 1:321 | 64 |
| Ecuador | - | 83,385 | 1:213 | 27 |
| Philippines | 99% | 82,397 | 1:1,287 | 259 |
| Kenya | 100% | 73,566 | 1:629 | 113 |
| Angola | 100% | 59,788 | 1:451 | 76 |
| United States | 100% | 44,451 | 1:8,156 | 957 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 41,961 | 1:1,258 | 268 |
| Peru | 100% | 33,551 | 1:948 | 192 |
| Haiti | 100% | 33,420 | 1:321 | 29 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 32,290 | 1:5,499 | 873 |
| Mozambique | - | 27,359 | 1:996 | 216 |
| Malawi | 99% | 24,600 | 1:696 | 154 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23,834 | 1:647 | 104 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 23,103 | 1:459 | 95 |
| Zambia | - | 22,638 | 1:700 | 149 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,777 | 1:3,068 | 571 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 17,000 | 1:614 | 82 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 15,262 | 1:1,979 | 300 |
| India | 100% | 14,930 | 1:81,372 | 10,187 |
| Honduras | 100% | 13,895 | 1:635 | 107 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 12,874 | 1:5,735 | 701 |
| Chile | 96% | 12,364 | 1:1,424 | 247 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11,570 | 1:1,392 | 283 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 11,327 | 1:22,774 | 3,147 |
| Ghana | 100% | 11,181 | 1:2,414 | 389 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9,458 | 1:1,221 | 282 |
| Rwanda | - | 9,185 | 1:1,238 | 264 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 9,017 | 1:380 | 87 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,338 | 1:5,152 | 822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 6,299 | 1:1,294 | 150 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,744 | 1:4,114 | 873 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5,506 | 1:1,314 | 326 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,385 | 1:4,013 | 676 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,078 | 1:5,996 | 691 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,015 | 1:6,607 | 924 |
| Liberia | 98% | 3,634 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,272 | 1:1,457 | 286 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,066 | 1:3,070 | 387 |
| England | 100% | 1,978 | 1:28,111 | 1,584 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,921 | 1:64,625 | 2,089 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,911 | 1:304 | 54 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 1,897 | 1:102,455 | 4,514 |
| Argentina | 96% | 1,870 | 1:22,873 | 983 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,610 | 1:28,901 | 1,487 |
| Portugal | - | 1,587 | 1:6,560 | 477 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| China | - | 1,381 | 1:989,179 | 34,096 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,376 | 1:4,374 | 669 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,296 | 1:3,865 | 616 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,274 | 1:6,085 | 502 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Australia | - | 1,114 | 1:12,260 | 1,052 |
| Namibia | - | 1,080 | 1:2,226 | 418 |
| Singapore | 100% | 963 | 1:6,529 | 1,200 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 930 | 1:22,365 | 2,897 |
| Cuba | - | 887 | 1:12,972 | 865 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 871 | 1:220 | 13 |
| Scotland | 100% | 820 | 1:6,525 | 546 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Cape Verde | - | 596 | 1:888 | 141 |
| Panama | 100% | 587 | 1:6,655 | 1,033 |
| New Zealand | - | 565 | 1:8,028 | 932 |
| Oman | - | 522 | 1:7,871 | 1,000 |
| France | 100% | 517 | 1:128,569 | 2,524 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Botswana | 100% | 411 | 1:5,315 | 882 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 386 | 1:9,198 | 647 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Egypt | 100% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 321 | 1:71,888 | 4,800 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| Vanuatu | - | 292 | 1:897 | 247 |
| Thailand | 100% | 266 | 1:263,405 | 15,658 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 257 | 1:92,489 | 11,284 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 250 | 1:7,373 | 679 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Jamaica | - | 168 | 1:17,162 | 1,544 |
| Belize | 100% | 165 | 1:2,147 | 490 |
| Italy | 100% | 162 | 1:376,926 | 4,418 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 157 | 1:107,657 | 5,399 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 154 | 1:36,543 | 2,039 |
| Ireland | 96% | 148 | 1:31,375 | 1,268 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 139 | 1:1,121 | 320 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 134 | 1:10,160 | 1,498 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 122 | 1:1,458 | 262 |
| Sweden | 100% | 121 | 1:81,470 | 3,702 |
| Benin | 100% | 112 | 1:94,427 | 5,967 |
| Bahamas | - | 111 | 1:3,598 | 638 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Germany | 100% | 109 | 1:886,953 | 7,330 |
| Japan | - | 105 | 1:1,218,915 | 16,259 |
| Micronesia | - | 101 | 1:1,054 | 164 |
| Belgium | 100% | 88 | 1:130,569 | 3,948 |
| Mauritius | - | 84 | 1:15,450 | 1,653 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 70 | 1:732 | 66 |
| Barbados | - | 67 | 1:4,325 | 708 |
| Guyana | 100% | 64 | 1:11,926 | 1,733 |
| French Polynesia | - | 59 | 1:4,710 | 802 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 55 | 1:149,336 | 3,951 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 54 | 1:37,778 | 4,189 |
| Aruba | - | 50 | 1:2,076 | 432 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Russia | 100% | 33 | 1:4,370,718 | 22,313 |
| Wales | 100% | 33 | 1:93,767 | 2,382 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Denmark | - | 24 | 1:235,396 | 4,909 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Israel | 96% | 23 | 1:365,344 | 8,396 |
| Macau | - | 23 | 1:26,444 | 417 |
| Norway | 100% | 23 | 1:223,145 | 5,396 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 22 | 1:2,494 | 546 |
| Iceland | - | 21 | 1:17,429 | 1,276 |
| Senegal | 100% | 21 | 1:694,350 | 7,738 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 14 | 1:6,615,937 | 3,775 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Afghanistan | - | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Finland | 86% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Romania | 100% | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Czechia | 90% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Wilsón (11), Wílson (3) & Wilsòn (1) are calculated separately.
Wilson (1,701,599) may also be a surname.
Wilson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A comparatively little used m. ‘Christian’ direct from the surname, which obviously simplifies Will’s son: cf. Johnson.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Usage name, meaning: Surname of president, United States of America.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 8,621 (2014)
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