Adamson Surname

8,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Adamson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adam.' Almost the prime favourite as a font-name in the 13th century; v. Addis, Adcock, Atkins, Atkinson, Addyman, &c. Adams is remarkably well represented in the United States.

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Adamson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States22,9771:15,7752,008
England10,3351:5,391749
Australia4,9021:5,507801
Tanzania4,6101:11,4841,502
Nigeria3,9271:45,1093,511
Canada3,4811:10,5851,590
Scotland3,1571:1,696307
Malawi1,7511:9,7771,514
New Zealand1,2631:3,585559
Ghana9701:27,8563,309
South Africa8831:61,3567,745
Estonia8281:1,59675
Northern Ireland6211:2,971596
Russia5071:284,26629,424
Wales4021:7,698855
Jamaica3551:8,084933
Ireland2971:15,8551,770
Barbados1611:1,785347
Zimbabwe1181:130,83317,313
France1161:572,61077,014
Sweden921:107,0307,712
Spain881:531,27326,094
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
Panama611:64,1352,850
Netherlands601:281,45334,544
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Thailand491:1,441,599197,614
Botswana441:49,7039,263
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Belarus291:327,62335,686
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Guyana291:26,2832,983
Latvia261:78,84811,595
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
Costa Rica221:217,2762,674
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Finland211:261,74820,300
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Malta181:23,9041,289
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Bermuda151:4,352690
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Norway141:367,30634,015
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
British Virgin Islands121:2,633313
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
China91:151,924,6187,954
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
India81:95,883,173728,828
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Belize31:118,4913,439
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Anguilla21:6,718471
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5021:8,8241,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9551:4,919743
Scotland2,9711:1,260223
Wales241:65,3513,160
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0651:16,3852,079

Adamson (9,884) may also be a first name.

Adamson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adam.' Almost the prime favourite as a font-name in the 13th century; v. Addis, Adcock, Atkins, Atkinson, Addyman, &c. Adams is remarkably well represented in the United States. A single glance at the Index to Hotten's Lists of Emigrants will suffice to show that many Adams, Addams, Adamsons, or Addamsons were among the early settlers.

John fil. Adam, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh fil. Adam, Oxfordshire, ibid.

German Adam, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Juliana Adams, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Johannes Adamson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Adam, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Adamson, 1379: ibid.

1619. Thomas Williams and Anne Addams: Marriage Lic. (London).

1640-1. Thomas A limes and Elizabeth Emerson: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A not uncommon surname at the present day in Angus, meaning "son of Adam." Adam filius Ade filius Philippi was burgess of Suhtberewick in 1261 (May, 36). John Adamsone of the county of Berewyke took the oath of fealty in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 206). Colin, son of Ade, provost of Aberdeen in 1340, appears again in 1349 as Colin Adamson (ER., I, p. 456; Friars, 15), and John Adamson (fitz de Adam), a Scot, had a safe conduct to go to Bruges from England in 1433 (Bain, IV, 1071). Cuthbert Adamson, a notary public of Glasgow diocese, 1587 (Poltalloch writs, p. 75). Sir Harvey Adamson (b. 1854) was formerly lieutenant-governor of Burma. Adamesoune 1595, Ademsoun 1537, Ademson. Addison, q v., is another form of the name from the diminutive Ade.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Adam’s (Son), Adam's Son v. Adam.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh, English) The son of Adam (red earth).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Hebrew.) Man, earthly, or red. The surname of Adam is of great antiquity in Scotland. Duncan Adam, son of Alexander Adam, lived in the reign of King Robert Bruce, and had four sons, from whom all the Adams, Adamsons, and Adies in Scotland are descended.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Adams. —Rare in the eastern and northern counties. In the north, however, its place is sometimes taken by Adamson and Addison, as in the county of Durham. It is at present best represented in Bucks, Devon, Hants, and Staffordshire, and in the counties on the Welsh border, Shropshire and Monmouthshire. This name, according to Lower, was more frequent in the Middle Ages. Adamson is found in the north of England and in the south of Scotland.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Adamson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adamson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Adamson (Arabic: ادمسون, Russian: Адамсон) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adamson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,996th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 115,637 people. The surname Adamson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Adamson are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Adamson is also the 61,727th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 9,884 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 22,977 people, or 1 in 15,775. In The United States Adamson is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 6 percent are found and Utah, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 129 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Adamson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Adamson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Adamson surname rose 750 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 209 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 106 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,675 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 41 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Adamson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Adamson last name is predominantly Anglican (37%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Adamson are 15.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.68% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Adamson earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 32.7% more than the national average, earning 459,241 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.91% more than the national average, earning R 313,476 per year; in United States they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $43,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.02% more than the national average, earning $54,662 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Adamson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adamson in the Russian language
Адамсонadamson-
Adamson in the Arabic language
ادمسونadmswn-

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