Adelson Surname

98,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,827 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Adelson Surname Definition:

(from the name of a female ancestor) Son of Adel. Another form is Edelson.

Adelson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9721:183,80318,329
Haiti1,7871:5,979711
France3571:186,05828,941
Israel3201:26,7433,901
Canada1301:283,42826,469
Brazil731:2,932,52586,118
Russia391:3,695,463185,353
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Latvia251:82,00212,055
England201:2,785,90397,972
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

The alternate forms: Adélson (1) are calculated separately.

Adelson (45,863) may also be a first name.

Adelson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a female ancestor) Son of Adel. Another form is Edelson.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Adelson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adelson (Arabic: ادلسون, Russian: Адельсон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Adélson. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adelson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 98,240th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,509,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Adelson live; 44 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. Adelson is also the 19,870th most common first name internationally, borne by 45,863 people.

The last name Adelson is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,972 people, or 1 in 183,803. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Florida, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 37 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Adelson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Adelson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Adelson surname grew 8,574 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Adelson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Adelson last name are 13.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.97% being registered with the political party.

The amount Adelson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.43% more than the national average, earning R 523,824 per year; in United States they earn 29.99% more than the national average, earning $56,090 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.75% more than the national average, earning $78,373 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Adelson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adelson in the Russian language
Адельсонadelson-
Adelson in the Arabic language
ادلسونadlswn-

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Adelson Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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