Dalison Surname
Approximately 890 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 810 | 1:21,135 | 3,253 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
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.
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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Footnotes
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