Wilson Family History
Wilson Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal
name Will, a very common medieval short form of
William.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wilson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wilson families
 3,886 - 7,769  1,296 - 3,885 |
 1 - 1,295  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wilson families
|
11,524 - 23,046 3,842 - 11,523 |
1 - 3,841 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wilson families
|
5,850 - 11,698 1,951 - 5,849 |
1 - 1,950 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wilson Family Origin
Wilson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wilson
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Wilson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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