Dadson is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 6 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Dadson?

Dadson is common in Ghana.

Dadson is ranked 34592 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dadsons grew by 32 per cent to 231 since 2000 and ranked 81772 after elevating 14708 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 51.08 36
White 42.86 55.43
Dadson is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ghana which signifies that it is originated from Ghana. Around 14396 people have been found who wears Dadson as their family name. Dadson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
139,444 Brazil2
91,024 Belgium1
25,746 Finland1
107,212 South Africa1
28,365 Kenya1
123,175 Tanzania1
1,704,541 India1
9,498 Iceland1
29,046 Japan1
492,292 Ukraine1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
14,373 Jordan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
36,547 Switzerland27
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,515 New Zealand83
Countries with hundreds of Dadson:
10,845 England581
77,364 United States311
17,676 Canada206
71,225 Germany134
21,027 Australia119
Countries with ten thousands of Dadson:
318 Ghana12,860
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Dadson worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for Albany from London on Wenham and arrived on May 5, 1849. George Dadson (22) Farmer, Farmer Alfred Dadson, Immigrant Sarah Dadson, 44 years old J. Dadson, are others that migrated to US.

Dadson Namesakes

  • Florence Dadson, Soccer player
  • Kojo Dadson, Actor
  • Philip Dadson, Musician

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