Nilson is used as a family name or surname in Sweden. It is 6 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Nilson?

Nilson is common in Sweden.

Nilson is ranked 30053 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nilsons grew by 189.1392 per cent to 10010 since 2000 and ranked 3562 after elevating 5175 spots. The last name was found in around 34 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.04 81.6
Black 27.47 14.15
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.44
Others 2.28 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.93 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0.69
Nilson is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Sweden is ahead in terms of density. Around 16758 people have been found who wears Nilson as their family name. Nilson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
48,950 Moldova6
1,893 Angola5
35,184 Poland3
9,077 Lithuania3
14,521 Portugal2
24,766 Scotland2
12,161 Wales2
40,256 Mexico2
385 American Samoa2
18,625 Japan2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
18,718 Thailand2
50,549 Georgia1
7,292 Vietnam1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
53,033 Nigeria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
31,584 Peru1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,790 Zambia1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,498 Iceland1
20,172 Hungary1
7,941 Guatemala1
17,236 Ghana1
91,024 Belgium1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,771 Colombia1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,879 Belize1
31,207 Ireland1
16,073 Latvia1
5,553 Taiwan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
66,560 Philippines1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
118,015 Netherlands1
40,340 Malaysia1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
172,381 Indonesia41
18,843 Chile36
94,051 Kazakhstan19
78,041 Spain19
435,402 India19
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,953 New Zealand90
50,444 Argentina90
104,308 France86
9,536 Finland72
21,520 Belarus62
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Nilson:
16,171 Germany639
30,603 Russia510
17,476 South Africa347
12,417 Canada309
15,306 Australia175
1,203 Estonia169
30,207 England151
4,078 Denmark148
3,369 Uruguay147
40,850 Ukraine127
6,819 Norway111
Countries with thousands of Nilson:
2,040 Brazil7,282
9,954 United States3,671
474 Sweden2,255
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Child Thomas Nilson from Ireland aboard the Hannah Thornton from Londonderry during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 9 years old when he arrived in USA on October 2, 1849. 5 years old Anne-Jane Nilson, George Nilson (2), Kitty Nilson (13) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

21 years old laborer Fons Nilson who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on March 29, 1882 by Canada put out from Liverpool & Queenstown.

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