Hudson Surname
Approximately 259,409 people bear this surname
Hudson Surname Definition:
son of Richard,' which see, from Hud(d), formerly a common pet form of the name. James Hudson, charter witness, 1466 (Kelso, 531). John Hudsone and Willie Hutson were tenants on land of the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 524,530), and in the same year William Hutson in Leith acknowledged the king and regent (RPC.
Read More About This SurnameHudson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 172,696 | 1:2,099 | 203 | 
| England | 42,565 | 1:1,309 | 135 | 
| Australia | 14,693 | 1:1,837 | 231 | 
| Canada | 9,417 | 1:3,913 | 517 | 
| Jamaica | 2,699 | 1:1,063 | 194 | 
| South Africa | 2,451 | 1:22,104 | 2,799 | 
| New Zealand | 2,437 | 1:1,858 | 244 | 
| Scotland | 1,048 | 1:5,109 | 856 | 
| Wales | 990 | 1:3,126 | 336 | 
| Ireland | 987 | 1:4,771 | 796 | 
| Brazil | 861 | 1:248,635 | 9,573 | 
| Northern Ireland | 741 | 1:2,490 | 508 | 
| Thailand | 725 | 1:97,432 | 13,861 | 
| Panama | 571 | 1:6,852 | 719 | 
| France | 570 | 1:116,531 | 17,546 | 
| Tanzania | 465 | 1:113,853 | 10,947 | 
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 | 
| Argentina | 348 | 1:122,826 | 10,376 | 
| Germany | 282 | 1:285,480 | 29,786 | 
| Bahamas | 266 | 1:1,473 | 257 | 
| Nigeria | 248 | 1:714,285 | 32,812 | 
| Spain | 240 | 1:194,800 | 13,450 | 
| Kenya | 226 | 1:204,336 | 14,774 | 
| Colombia | 159 | 1:300,466 | 5,766 | 
| India | 159 | 1:4,824,311 | 122,508 | 
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 | 
| Mexico | 148 | 1:838,691 | 11,929 | 
| Chile | 147 | 1:119,840 | 4,336 | 
| Costa Rica | 142 | 1:33,662 | 938 | 
| Netherlands | 138 | 1:122,371 | 19,176 | 
| Singapore | 137 | 1:40,202 | 1,485 | 
| Guyana | 136 | 1:5,605 | 974 | 
| Malaysia | 134 | 1:220,106 | 12,755 | 
| Trinidad and Tobago | 129 | 1:10,573 | 1,451 | 
| Venezuela | 114 | 1:264,948 | 6,420 | 
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 | 
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 | 
| Zimbabwe | 76 | 1:203,135 | 23,436 | 
| Isle of Man | 66 | 1:1,300 | 212 | 
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 | 
| Sweden | 59 | 1:166,894 | 11,603 | 
| Japan | 58 | 1:2,204,212 | 28,969 | 
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 | 
| Solomon Islands | 51 | 1:11,373 | 2,032 | 
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 | 
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 | 
| China | 45 | 1:30,384,924 | 1,604 | 
| Peru | 45 | 1:706,314 | 16,453 | 
| Guernsey | 44 | 1:1,465 | 311 | 
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 | 
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 | 
| Cayman Islands | 34 | 1:1,879 | 244 | 
| Ecuador | 34 | 1:467,819 | 10,566 | 
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 | 
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 | 
| Jersey | 30 | 1:3,307 | 613 | 
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 | 
| Cyprus | 28 | 1:31,603 | 3,400 | 
| Norway | 27 | 1:190,455 | 22,163 | 
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 | 
| American Samoa | 25 | 1:2,230 | 469 | 
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 | 
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 23 | 1:255 | 57 | 
| Ghana | 22 | 1:1,228,213 | 11,497 | 
| Saint Lucia | 22 | 1:8,126 | 912 | 
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 | 
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 | 
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 | 
| Hong Kong | 18 | 1:407,527 | 3,230 | 
| Belize | 17 | 1:20,910 | 1,796 | 
| Cuba | 15 | 1:768,181 | 6,046 | 
| Malawi | 15 | 1:1,141,274 | 19,512 | 
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 | 
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 | 
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 | 
| Nicaragua | 14 | 1:430,078 | 3,469 | 
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 | 
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 | 
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 | 
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 | 
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 | 
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 | 
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 | 
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 | 
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 | 
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 | 
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 | 
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 | 
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 | 
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 | 
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 | 
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 | 
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 | 
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 | 
| South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 | 
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 | 
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 | 
| Bangladesh | 5 | 1:31,871,355 | 17,304 | 
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 | 
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 | 
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 | 
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 | 
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 | 
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 | 
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 | 
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 | 
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 | 
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 | 
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 | 
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 | 
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 | 
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 | 
| Togo | 3 | 1:2,415,923 | 11,978 | 
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 | 
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 | 
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 | 
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 | 
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 | 
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 | 
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 | 
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 | 
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 | 
| Myanmar | 2 | 1:25,968,992 | 2,110 | 
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 | 
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 | 
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 | 
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 | 
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 | 
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 | 
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 | 
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 | 
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 | 
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 | 
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 | 
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 | 
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 | 
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 | 
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 | 
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 | 
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 | 
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 | 
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 | 
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 | 
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 | 
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 | 
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 | 
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 | 
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 | 
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 | 
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 | 
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 | 
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 | 
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 | 
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 | 
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 | 
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 | 
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 | 
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 | 
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 | 
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 719 | 1:6,161 | 989 | 
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23,889 | 1:1,020 | 107 | 
| Scotland | 345 | 1:10,850 | 1,356 | 
| Wales | 206 | 1:7,614 | 484 | 
| Isle of Man | 115 | 1:472 | 90 | 
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 | 
| Guernsey | 7 | 1:4,665 | 827 | 
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27,781 | 1:1,808 | 190 | 
Hudson (53,589) may also be a first name.
Hudson Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
son of Richard,' which see, from Hud(d), formerly a common pet form of the name. James Hudson, charter witness, 1466 (Kelso, 531). John Hudsone and Willie Hutson were tenants on land of the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 524,530), and in the same year William Hutson in Leith acknowledged the king and regent (RPC., I, p. 562). In 1660 there is record of payment to William Hereson in Stitchill (Stitchill, p. 20), and Adam Hutson is recorded in Smailholme, 1637 (Lauder). Hutson is common in Dunblane from 1612 (Dunblane). Hutsone 1591. (2) Hutson and Hudsone were also spellings of Huchon, a diminutive of Hugh. In 1524 and 1527 Hugh Ross of Kilravock appears as Hutson and Hudsone Rose (Cawdor, p. 125,148, 149).
Hud(d)’s Son: v. Hudd.
Roger Hudsone.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1348.
Adam Huddeson.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
Son of Richard (Hudd).
(English) The son of Hudde, a pet form of Richard (rule, hard).
The son of Hod or Roger.
Nicholas Heudesent, Norm. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Of this family are the Baronets Hudson, now Palmer.
From the Old Norse, Udr; from the Danish, Hude; from the Swedish, Udden; from the Frisian, Udo, Ude; from the Dutch, Uden, Udsen; from the Flemish, Hudson, Hudsyn; in the Domesday Book, Udi; a personal name.
Hudson. —The principal centres of this name are in Norfolk, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, whence it has spread to adjacent counties. It is absent, or conspicuously rare, in the south of England, south of a line drawn through the cities of London and Worcester.
User-submitted Reference
This surname denotes a son of Richard or Roger. It is a well known Yorkshire name.
- dinn315Hudson Demographics
Average Male Hudson Height
176.81 cm
Average Female Hudson Height
163.12 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hudson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hudson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hudson (Arabic: هدسن, Hindi: हडसन, Marathi: सोन) is most common in The United States. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hudson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,110th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 28,093 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Hudson reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 17,443rd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 53,589 people.
The surname Hudson is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 172,696 people, or 1 in 2,099. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Hudson occurs in 158 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Hudson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hudson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hudson surname increased 622 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 304 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 481 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 137 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hudson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Hudson last name is primarily Catholic (53%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Hudson last name are 12.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.25% being registered with the political party.
The amount Hudson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.53% less than the national average, earning 295,778 kr per year; in Peru they earn 39% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,946 per year; in South Africa they earn 113.04% more than the national average, earning R 506,256 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.83% less than the national average, earning $18,654,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.16% less than the national average, earning $40,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.02% more than the national average, earning $50,687 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hudson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence | 
|---|---|---|
| Hudson in the Hindi language | ||
| हडसन | hadasana | - | 
| Hudson in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन | sona | - | 
| Hudson in the Arabic language | ||
| هدسن | hdsn | - | 
| هادسون | hadswn | - | 
| هيدسون | hydswn | - | 
| هدسون | hdswn | - | 
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