Walson Surname
Approximately 2,242 people bear this surname
Walson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,669 | 1:106,137 | 7,112 |
| United States | 405 | 1:894,960 | 67,538 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69 | 1:353,266 | 22,372 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 174 | 1:288,613 | 23,092 |
Walson (1,874) may also be a first name.
Walson Demographics
Average Walson Salary in
United States
$38,937 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walson is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 188,561st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,250,467 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Walson live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 175,764th most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 1,874 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,669 people, or 1 in 106,137. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 55 percent are found, Rivers, where 39 percent are found and Delta, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Walson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Walson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Walson surname expanded 233 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Walson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Walson last name is predominantly Anglican (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Walson surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.
Walson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.76% less than the national average, earning $38,937 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Walson
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