Alison is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alison
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alison

How popular is Alison?

Alison is common in England.

Alison is ranked 40166 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Alisons plummeted by 1.778386 per cent to 718 since 2000 and slipped by 1894 spots and ranked at 32123. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.72 78.39
Black 9.33 10.4
Hispanic or Latino 5.85 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.46 4.51
Alison is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 12173 people have been found who wears Alison as their family name. Alison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
3,259 Ivory Coast5
9,391 Guyana5
1,817 Marshall Islands3
7,619 Ecuador3
127,708 Czech Republic3
24,269 Peru2
54,641 Sweden2
118,441 Germany2
20,186 Kenya2
20,837 Venezuela2
28,232 Morocco2
40,256 Mexico2
12,172 Ghana2
35,969 Denmark2
7,110 Bosnia1
28,746 Algeria1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,211 Brunei1
7,895 South Korea1
29,595 Iran1
2,374 Bermuda1
6,212 Jamaica1
25,721 Egypt1
8,268 Mauritius1
47,891 Norway1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
11,923 Slovenia1
49,529 Israel1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
4,249 Cambodia1
3,586 Honduras1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
8,504 Ireland33
319,538 India32
36,547 Switzerland27
68,343 Spain23
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
62,494 Netherlands22
52,530 Belgium22
8,673 Nigeria17
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78,184 Italy67
6,104 Wales56
26,277 Zimbabwe54
Countries with hundreds of Alison:
1,102 New Zealand658
5,130 Australia583
9,417 Tanzania511
12,715 South Africa493
32,528 France306
21,011 Argentina254
3,611 Scotland171
58,507 Indonesia152
13,194 Malaysia126
27,126 Canada126
Countries with thousands of Alison:
6,108 Philippines2,320
2,514 Uganda2,240
9,511 Brazil1,447
25,369 United States1,210
6,503 England1,076
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margt. Alison was 17 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as workwoman and took John Robert from Liverpool. Jane Alison (24) Spinster, 19 years old Hugh Alison, 52 years old Janet Alison, Julia Alison (22) Immigrant, 16 years old Margt. Alison, Janet Alison (32) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Emogene Mcgowen
Alison is a family name, a diminutive alice female given name derived from Germanic adelheid, consisting of radical and adalnoble heidlignée, race, that is to say nobility.

Alison Namesakes

  • M. Alison Atkins, Artist
  • M. Alison Atkins, Artist
  • Natalie Alison, Actress
  • Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Author
  • Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigerian Politician
  • Robyn Alison Moore, Australian actress
  • Dorothy Alison, Film actress
  • Charles Hugh Alison, Golf Course Architect
  • Mary Alison Griffin, Actress
  • Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Author
  • Tice Alison, from 2015 thriller flick Desperate Woman 39, who portrayed Tony.

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