Neilson is used as a family name or surname in New Zealand. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Neilson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: New Zealand
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Neilson

How popular is Neilson?

Neilson is common in New Zealand.

Neilson is ranked 18793 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Neilson bearers increased by 4.065428 per cent in 2010 US census to 6553 since 2000, the surname slipped by 205 spots and ranked at 5319. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.34 94.35
Black 2.43 1.94
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.22
Others 1.71 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.56 0.35
Neilson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 27709 people have been found who wears Neilson as their family name. Neilson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
6,072 China7
5,340 Iceland6
318,252 Ukraine6
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
14,078 Japan3
137 Vanuatu3
9,500 Ghana3
1,472 The Bahamas2
19,093 Finland2
2,151 Fiji2
4,781 Malawi2
35,969 Denmark2
10,211 Bulgaria2
95,312 Argentina2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,777 Jersey2
34,681 Norway2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
17,575 Kuwait1
31,584 Peru1
17,768 Pakistan1
123,175 Tanzania1
353 Cook Islands1
2,333 Montenegro1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
56,169 Mexico1
25,721 Egypt1
810,193 Indonesia1
8,181 Botswana1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,941 Guatemala1
4,171 Rwanda1
42,479 Greece1
2,078 Lesotho1
58,885 Poland1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,935 Madagascar1
113 Falkland Islands1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,911 Spain47
20,906 Israel47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
23,537 Switzerland45
43,662 Belgium30
11,444 Portugal28
43,584 Zimbabwe24
42,407 Sweden22
15,050 Singapore18
69,202 Netherlands18
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,423 Jamaica89
4,128 Ireland87
72,056 Italy78
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Neilson:
19,303 Brazil668
25,252 Philippines516
4,533 Chile225
50,182 Germany202
2,076 Wales192
2,019 Hong Kong119
Countries with thousands of Neilson:
4,668 United States8,502
2,073 England3,856
833 Australia3,678
1,737 Canada2,938
2,649 South Africa2,447
409 Scotland2,113
416 New Zealand1,505
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Nathl. Neilson worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Robert and arrived on June 1, 1846. Kenedy Neilson (20) Immigrant, Jane Neilson (29) Immigrant, 10 years old Thomas Neilson, 30 years old Thomas Neilson, Engine Fitter John Neilson, Servant Jas. Neilson, Anne Neilson (26) Maid, 26 years old John Neilson, and 34 other Neilson around 60% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, accountant migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Greenock.

Neilson Namesakes

  • John Neilson Gladstone, Politician
  • Alasdair H. Neilson, Author
  • Francis Neilson, Playwright
  • Agnes Neilson, Actress
  • Annabelle Neilson, Model
  • James Beaumont Neilson, Inventor
  • Robbie Neilson, Soccer player
  • Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Actress
  • James Neilson, Television Director
  • Scott Neilson, Soccer player
  • Sophia Neilson, from 0 music, romance movie Rolling with Virgil, who played Beach girl.
  • In 2015 drama movie, Past Tense, Natalie Neilson characterized N.

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