Last Name ELLISON

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Meaning	The son of Ellis. Ellison may originate from the English form Elis, thus Elis-son, or from the old French form Elie, thus Elie-son. This name was wonderfully popularized throughout Western Europe by the Crusaders. Elene was very popular too. Elynson, of necessity, would become Ellison. The siminutives of the two names underwent the same confusion. Ellis was still a popular first name in the 16th century.

Origin	English, Jewish, Polish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Hungarian

Rank	756 (2000 US census)	664 (1990 US census)

Count	41,459 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

68.41%, or 28362 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
27.61%, or 11447 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 166 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.64%, or 265 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.54%, or 638 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.4%, or 580 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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