Robinson is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Robinson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The last name Robinson is of English origin and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from a given name, Robin, or Robyn, which was a diminutive of Robert. The surname has variations such as Robison, Robeson, and Robertson.

The son of Robin, or Robert. BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACK ROBIN son, is a phrase implying avery brief space of time. It is "said to have originated from a very volatile gentleman of that appellation, who would call upon his neighbours, and be gone before his name could be announced." Author Halliwell; who shews, however, that it is not a thing of yesterday, by quoting from “an old play":
“A warke it ys as easie to be doone,
As tys to saye, Jacke ! robys on."

Throughout history there have been many famous people who have held this surname such as Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), an American baseball player who became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball; Mary Robinson (born 1944), a former president of Ireland; and Michael Robinson (born 1983), a former American football running back who won Super Bowl XL with the Seattle Seahawks. Other notable individuals include Bill Robinson (1878-1949), an American tap dancer known as “Bojangles”; Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), an American illustrator; and Sir Thomas Robinson (1703-1777), an English politician and diplomat who served as Governor of Minorca from 1756 to 1763.

Robinson is one of the most popular surnames in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the United States it ranked at number 22 in 2018 with approximately 1,010,875 bearers of the name. It was also one of the top 100 surnames in England and Wales in 2018.

How popular is Robinson?

Robinson is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Africa, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Panama, Thailand, Dominican Republic, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Tanzania, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, France, Bahamas, Mexico, Colombia, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Israel, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Belize, Kenya, Chile, Malaysia, Philippines, Bermuda, Liberia, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Bahrain, Argentina, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Nicaragua, Japan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Portugal, Cuba, Pakistan, Sweden, Jersey, Denmark, Morocco, Belgium, Russia, Uruguay, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, Norway, United States Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Guernsey, China, Greece, Oman.

Robinson is ranked 532 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Robinson bearers increased by 5.33 per cent in 2010 US census to 529821 since 2000, the surname slipped by 3 spots and ranked at 30. The last name was found in around 2 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.7 51.34
Black 44.93 44.1
Others 2.77 1.99
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.37
Robinson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 1018427 people have been found who wears Robinson as their family name. Robinson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Robinson:
27 United States632,986
10 England161,345
Countries with ten thousands of Robinson:
29 Australia48,735
30 Canada47,171
12 Jamaica22,900
1,389 Nigeria12,856
413 Madagascar11,641
Countries with thousands of Robinson:
711 South Africa9,594
15 Northern Ireland6,931
17 New Zealand6,198
227 Sierra Leone5,838
178 Scotland4,899
55 Wales4,712
279 Ireland3,418
216 Panama3,071
3,673 Thailand2,008
552 Dominican Republic1,957
21,366 India1,897
141 Trinidad and Tobago1,383
1,891 Ecuador1,348
5,207 Tanzania1,148
11,839 Indonesia1,131
4,075 Saudi Arabia1,073
4,190 Spain1,062
Countries with hundreds of Robinson:
9,190 France997
90 Bahamas976
4,389 Mexico915
2,621 Colombia907
12,296 Germany813
893 Papua New Guinea783
154 Guyana736
12,221 Brazil675
3,664 Zimbabwe637
193 Fiji628
2,164 Israel598
9 Turks and Caicos Islands593
139 Barbados565
130 Belize556
7,776 Kenya542
1,779 Chile515
4,605 Malaysia480
33,070 Philippines478
11 Bermuda450
1,117 Liberia437
528 Costa Rica434
7,341 Netherlands391
626 Bahrain367
10,244 Argentina353
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines342
939 Nicaragua332
12,942 Japan317
191 Vanuatu315
3,633 Venezuela309
4,186 Switzerland301
30 Cayman Islands295
71 Dominica274
117 Saint Lucia262
2,413 Portugal255
1,942 Cuba251
10,974 Pakistan238
3,382 Sweden231
24 Jersey215
2,703 Denmark214
29,345 Morocco204
9,269 Belgium201
62,269 Russia194
2,081 Uruguay187
8,546 Peru185
95 Antigua and Barbuda173
4,518 Norway159
91 United States Virgin Islands159
71 Isle of Man143
68 Guernsey125
696 China119
15,707 Greece119
2,446 Oman103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
71 British Virgin Islands92
1,157 Cyprus89
62,950 Italy78
1,738 Suriname77
10,223 United Arab Emirates76
1,901 Hong Kong72
297 Guam70
24,047 Czechia68
282 Grenada68
6,914 Haiti63
1,926 Honduras63
9,381 Iraq58
7,566 Kuwait58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,531 Mauritius46
39,357 Uganda46
9,263 Botswana44
1,442 French Polynesia43
236 Saint Kitts and Nevis43
11,448 Ghana41
35 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha38
2,975 Solomon Islands37
73,637 Poland36
48,340 Cameroon32
408 South Korea31
837 Malta30
566 Seychelles29
9,128 Sri Lanka28
10,584 Afghanistan27
17,121 Finland27
10,313 Singapore26
11,536 Qatar22
2,363 Vietnam22
9,093 Namibia21
5,175 Luxembourg20
420 Gibraltar19
17,235 Latvia17
2,248 Puerto Rico17
15,474 Estonia15
10,375 Taiwan15
68,752 Kazakhstan14
17 Norfolk Island14
5,780 Sudan14
101 Anguilla13
59,297 Belarus13
61,025 Austria12
42,199 Hungary12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
48,135 Egypt10
920 Marshall Islands10
31,679 Zambia10
1,511 Aruba9
434 Monaco9
266,777 Ukraine9
32,268 Uzbekistan9
7,100 Cambodia8
577 Cook Islands8
19,139 Ethiopia8
14,756 Lebanon8
134,647 Turkey8
34,534 Bulgaria7
9,165 Transnistria7
17,284 Bangladesh6
61,769 Benin6
3,603 Rwanda6
18,975 Slovenia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old workman John Robinson who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Cornet put out from Liverpool. John Robinson, aged 25, John Robinson (21) Druggist, Thomas Robinson, aged 32, Eliza Robinson, aged 28, Immigrant John Robinson, Immigrant Ann Robinson, Irene Robinson, aged Of unknown age, Martha Robinson (19) Spinster, and 703 other Robinson around 41.79% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, joiner, shoemaker, merchant, servant, accountant, barrel maker/ cooper, house keeper, painter, tailoress, weaver, gentleman, mechanic, mason, dyer, carpenter, servant, engineer, butcher, draper, spinner, clerk, farmers &, laborers, silk weaver migrated to US.

From Italy

Antonio Robinson was 27 years old when he migrated to New York on April 26, 1892. He lived in Philadelphia, Italy where he worked as shoemaker and took Mateo Bruzzo from Naples. Farmer Maria Robinson, Sarah Robinson (25) Farmer, are other Robinson that migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer Fried. Robinson from Germany aboard the E.Z. from Antwerp. He is registered to be 36 years old when he arrived in USA on August 18, 1852. U-Mr Robinson, aged 40, U-Mrs Robinson, Gustav Robinson (17) Laborer, 29 years old John Robinson, G.G. Robinson (28) Merchant, Eulie Robinson (38) Merchant, Jonah Robinson (50) Laborer, Merchant Gustav Robinson, Isaac Robinson (25) Clerk, and 30 other Robinson majority of whom were laborer and others worked as merchant and farmer, artist migrated to US from Hamburg & Southampton, Liverpool & Queenstown, Havre & London, Bremen and Hamburg & Havre.

Robinson Namesakes

  • Stephen E. Robinson, religious scholar and apologist
  • George Augustus Robinson, British builder and untrained preacher
  • Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician
  • Vernon Robinson, former US Air Force Captain, conservative political activist
  • A. N. R. Robinson, third President of Trinidad and Tobago
  • James D. Robinson, Canadian political figure who, in 1873, served
  • Lennox Robinson, Irish dramatist
  • Frank B. Robinson, American New Thought author and spiritual leader
  • Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
  • John G. Robinson, English railway engineer
  • Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer
  • Henry Crabb Robinson, English lawyer known as a diarist
  • Markey Robinson, Irish painter and sculptor with a primitive representational style
  • Harold E. Robinson, American botanist and an entomologist
  • Moncure Robinson, American civil engineer
  • Carla Robinson, Canadian television journalist for CBC Newsworld
  • Henry Peach Robinson, English pictorialist photographer best
  • James Harvey Robinson, American historian, who co-founded New History
  • Mark Allan Robinson, proponent of the first recall petition
  • Henry Morton Robinson, American novelist, best
  • Earl Robinson, composer
  • Shaun Robinson, hosted 'Access Hollywood'
  • John Yate Robinson, field hockey player
  • Herbert C. Robinson, British zoologist and ornithologist
  • Hal Robinson, American classical double bass player
  • Hannah Robinson, British songwriter
  • Melville Marks Robinson, founded the British Empire Games
  • Kynan Robinson, Australian trombonist and composer
  • Sallie Robinson,
  • Doane Robinson, state historian of South Dakota
  • Jeffrey Robinson, American author of 29 books
  • Howard Robinson, British philosopher, specialising
  • Charles Mulford Robinson, journalist and a writer
  • Ronald Robinson, distinguished historian of the British Empire
  • Simon W. Robinson, son of Captain Noah Robinson
  • Ikey Robinson, American banjoist and vocalist
  • Chip Robinson, retired race car driver
  • Maude Robinson, Quaker writer of short stories and a memoir about growing up on a South Downs farm at Saddlescombe
  • Forbes Robinson, British bass,
  • Angus Hargreaves Robinson, owner of a grazing property, 'Yanjettee'
  • Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British business executive and television presenter
  • John Z. Robinson, New Zealand painter, printmaker, and jeweller
  • Abraham Robinson, mathematician
  • Thomas Romney Robinson, 19th-century astronomer and physicist
  • Gene Robinson, {{cite web
  • Stephen Robinson, former millwright
  • Julia Robinson, American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory–most notably
  • Neville Robinson, English physicist
  • Daniel N. Robinson, professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and a fellow of the faculty of philosophy at Oxford University
  • Haddon Robinson, Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching
  • W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist and illustrator best
  • Jackie Robinson, American professional baseball player
  • Kim Stanley Robinson, American writer of science fiction
  • Mary Robinson, Irish Independent politician
  • Frank Robinson, American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager
  • Svend Robinson, Canadian former politician
  • Tony Robinson, English actor, comedian, author
  • Betty Robinson, American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m for women

Robinson Namesakes

  • Stephen E. Robinson, religious scholar and apologist
  • George Augustus Robinson, British builder and untrained preacher
  • Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician
  • Vernon Robinson, former US Air Force Captain, conservative political activist
  • A. N. R. Robinson, third President of Trinidad and Tobago
  • James D. Robinson, Canadian political figure who, in 1873, served
  • Lennox Robinson, Irish dramatist
  • Frank B. Robinson, American New Thought author and spiritual leader
  • Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
  • John G. Robinson, English railway engineer
  • Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer
  • Henry Crabb Robinson, English lawyer known as a diarist
  • Markey Robinson, Irish painter and sculptor with a primitive representational style
  • Harold E. Robinson, American botanist and an entomologist
  • Moncure Robinson, American civil engineer
  • Carla Robinson, Canadian television journalist for CBC Newsworld
  • Henry Peach Robinson, English pictorialist photographer best
  • James Harvey Robinson, American historian, who co-founded New History
  • Mark Allan Robinson, proponent of the first recall petition
  • Henry Morton Robinson, American novelist, best
  • Earl Robinson, composer
  • Shaun Robinson, hosted 'Access Hollywood'
  • John Yate Robinson, field hockey player
  • Herbert C. Robinson, British zoologist and ornithologist
  • Hal Robinson, American classical double bass player
  • Hannah Robinson, British songwriter
  • Melville Marks Robinson, founded the British Empire Games
  • Kynan Robinson, Australian trombonist and composer
  • Sallie Robinson,
  • Doane Robinson, state historian of South Dakota
  • Jeffrey Robinson, American author of 29 books
  • Howard Robinson, British philosopher, specialising
  • Charles Mulford Robinson, journalist and a writer
  • Ronald Robinson, distinguished historian of the British Empire
  • Simon W. Robinson, son of Captain Noah Robinson
  • Ikey Robinson, American banjoist and vocalist
  • Chip Robinson, retired race car driver
  • Maude Robinson, Quaker writer of short stories and a memoir about growing up on a South Downs farm at Saddlescombe
  • Forbes Robinson, British bass,
  • Angus Hargreaves Robinson, owner of a grazing property, 'Yanjettee'
  • Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British business executive and television presenter
  • John Z. Robinson, New Zealand painter, printmaker, and jeweller
  • Abraham Robinson, mathematician
  • Thomas Romney Robinson, 19th-century astronomer and physicist
  • Gene Robinson, {{cite web
  • Stephen Robinson, former millwright
  • Julia Robinson, American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory–most notably
  • Neville Robinson, English physicist
  • Daniel N. Robinson, professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and a fellow of the faculty of philosophy at Oxford University
  • Haddon Robinson, Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching
  • W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist and illustrator best
  • Jackie Robinson, American professional baseball player
  • Kim Stanley Robinson, American writer of science fiction
  • Mary Robinson, Irish Independent politician
  • Frank Robinson, American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager
  • Svend Robinson, Canadian former politician
  • Tony Robinson, English actor, comedian, author
  • Betty Robinson, American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m for women

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