Allison is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Allison
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Also Alison. Several possibilities for this very common name in Great Britain. Either this is the case plan Alis Allis, feminine personal name of Germanic origin (see Alis for direction), or the son of Allis. But the name can also be formed on Ellis and Allan (see these names).

How popular is Allison?

Allison is common in England.

Allison is ranked 4574 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Allison bearers increased by 2.324091 per cent in 2010 US census to 52701 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 646. The last name was found in around 179 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.72 83.01
Black 13.1 12.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.52
Others 1.99 1.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.34 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.45
Allison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 119132 people have been found who wears Allison as their family name. Allison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
616,339 India10
932 Bermuda9
527,030 Indonesia7
5,340 Iceland6
7,113 Costa Rica5
2,011 South Korea4
325 Anguilla4
114,007 Czech Republic4
23,165 Romania3
15,956 Venezuela3
16,136 Kenya3
70,383 Tanzania3
35,789 Turkey3
5,217 Zambia2
250 Tonga2
37,372 Georgia2
631 Swaziland2
6,900 Oman2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
12,172 Ghana2
10,284 Kuwait2
34,572 Israel2
1,118 Isle of Man2
31,767 Greece2
993 Guernsey2
17,547 Colombia2
2,617 Cambodia2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
6,033 Benin1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
2,578 Guam1
4,171 Rwanda1
14,373 Jordan1
25,746 Finland1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
20,172 Hungary1
801 Cape Verde1
165,773 Belarus1
12,270 Lebanon1
58,885 Poland1
17,768 Pakistan1
1,879 Belize1
573 Vanuatu1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,268 Mauritius1
5,589 Sudan1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
90,903 Moldova1
717 Bhutan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
16,483 Chile45
2,494 Thailand44
17,489 Denmark30
11,444 Portugal28
23,443 Norway26
1,865 China24
52,530 Belgium22
46,826 Zimbabwe22
1,021 Malta21
94,051 Kazakhstan19
5,809 Trinidad and Tobago17
3,940 Nicaragua11
646 Cayman Islands11
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
114,544 Russia97
27,716 Spain94
67,110 Italy90
13,957 Switzerland81
3,193 Estonia77
12,704 Sweden73
1,606 Guyana72
3,257 Hong Kong71
68,685 Ukraine68
4,855 Singapore65
66,582 Argentina60
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Allison:
417 Jamaica982
15,276 Germany672
23,792 Brazil525
5,324 Peru470
902 Wales429
11,329 Mexico393
928 Northern Ireland346
33,969 France294
1,121 Taiwan290
4,163 United Arab Emirates237
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
10,151 Malaysia177
2,634 Ireland164
2,299 Qatar107
Countries with thousands of Allison:
1,310 South Africa5,096
1,014 Canada5,001
754 Australia4,024
171 Liberia3,672
288 Scotland2,756
428 New Zealand1,482
12,203 Philippines1,224
Countries with ten thousands of Allison:
582 United States60,531
1,479 Nigeria17,118
597 England11,540
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ann Allison was 60 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 6, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took George Evans from Liverpool. 24 years old Ann-E. Allison, Workman John Allison, Ann Allison, aged 25, 24 years old Thomas Allison, 26 years old John Allison, John Allison, aged 42, Immigrant William Allison, Charlotte Allison (35) Immigrant, and 35 other Allison around 41.94% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Comments

T
Tegan Neyman
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname alice comes from the medieval name of person Germanic athalheid derivative which means one who is of noble lineage that name recalls the name of an ancestor.

Allison Namesakes

  • Aimee Allison, Author
  • Aimee Allison, Author
  • Aundrae Allison, Football player
  • Alida Allison, Author
  • Luther Allison, Guitarist
  • Bobby Allison, Race car driver
  • Mose Allison, Jazz Pianist
  • Davey Allison, Racing driver
  • Luther Allison, Guitarist
  • Jerry Allison, Musician
  • Sidney Allison portrayed central role of Taylor in 2013 comedy and fantasy flick All Cheerleaders Die.
  • Lauren Allison portrayed the leading character of The Prostitute in 2015 drama and horror film Other Madnesses.

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