Edison is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Edison
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: If the Final (= his son) is easy to understand, the first element is more obscure. Among the various possibilities include the Germanic root edel (noble =), former English ead (= Prosperity) or a short form of Adam. The surname is worn in England, but it seems that the family of the inventor Thomas Edison is of Dutch origin.

How popular is Edison?

Edison is common in Brazil.

Edison is ranked 21011 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Edison bearers increased by 4.015544 per cent in 2010 US census to 4015 since 2000, the surname slipped by 299 spots and ranked at 8250. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 51.21 53.34
Black 35.82 35.91
Hispanic or Latino 4.63 3.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.56 4.66
Others 2.27 1.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.52 0.73
Edison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Rwanda is ahead in terms of density. Around 24630 people have been found who wears Edison as their family name. Edison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
987 Marshall Islands9
13,220 Thailand6
119,732 Spain5
26,825 Georgia5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
11,802 Egypt4
2,113 Taiwan3
35,789 Turkey3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
19,865 Iran3
14,078 Japan3
78,945 Argentina3
6,270 Hong Kong3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
3,437 Sudan2
5,817 Albania2
34,572 Israel2
44,018 Poland2
6,900 Oman2
19,533 Uruguay1
8,268 Mauritius1
8,859 Iraq1
38,830 Morocco1
2,374 Bermuda1
5,872 Namibia1
717 Bhutan1
31,207 Ireland1
37,493 Austria1
37,779 Serbia1
6,688 Malawi1
6,820 Angola1
6,967 Macedonia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
4,942 Libya1
1,819 Laos1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,292 Vietnam1
77,122 Sweden1
9,591 Panama1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
24,421 Slovakia1
20,172 Hungary1
7,110 Bosnia1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
81,201 Switzerland1
17,768 Pakistan1
29,774 Venezuela1
28,365 Kenya1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
9,498 Iceland1
11,486 Estonia1
3,307 Malta1
11,831 Tajikistan1
531 Greenland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,843 Chile36
12,692 Scotland33
40,883 Zimbabwe27
52,530 Belgium22
28,338 Norway20
69,202 Netherlands18
9,173 Nigeria16
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
2,566 Qatar97
14,725 Peru85
4,526 Singapore71
43,380 Kazakhstan52
963 China52
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Edison:
36,693 India934
3,725 Ghana799
7,110 Tanzania693
6,908 Canada611
2,652 Ecuador483
4,125 Colombia454
14,763 South Africa420
5,324 Malaysia405
30,822 Philippines387
34,330 Germany303
19,128 England280
62,375 Russia215
21,011 Mexico157
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
59,335 Italy112
3,572 Kuwait104
49,503 Ukraine101
Countries with thousands of Edison:
8,059 United States4,649
3,224 Indonesia4,594
807 Rwanda2,105
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
2,693 Uganda2,054
7,816 Brazil1,781
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Edison Namesakes

  • Mike Edison, Writer
  • Thomas Edison, Inventor
  • Thomas Edison, Inventor
  • Harry Edison, Jazz trumpeter
  • Thomas Edison, Inventor
  • Carlile Snow Edison, Thomas Edison's brother
  • Cathleen Edison, Cornelius Edison's mother
  • Dominique Edison, Football wide receiver
  • Harry Edison, Jazz trumpeter
  • Marion Estelle Edison, Thomas Edison's daughter
  • In 2012 action and adventure flick, Bindlestiffs, Andrew Edison portrayed Andrew Edwards.

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