Dalison Surname

396,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Dalison Surname Definition:

A supposed corruption of D'Alencon, from the town in Normandy, and said to have been introduced at the Conquest. Its older forms are Dalyson and Dallison.

Dalison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8101:21,1353,253
Philippines351:2,892,521138,859
England201:2,785,90397,972
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Dalison (1,466) may also be a first name.

Dalison Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A supposed corruption of D'Alencon, from the town in Normandy, and said to have been introduced at the Conquest. Its older forms are Dalyson and Dallison.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dalison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dalison has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalison? popularity and diffusion

It is the 396,198th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,188,254 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dalison live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 203,459th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 1,466 people.

The surname Dalison is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Beside Malawi it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Dalison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dalison has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Dalison surname decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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