Last Name NELSON

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Meaning	The son of Eleanor, fom nickname Nell; also, 'the son of Neil.' There are many instances in the Hundred Rolls to support both origins. Nel has been the prevailing form through all the seven centuries. The son of Neil or Nel. The son of Eleanor, from nickname Nell. It also can be 'the son of Neil.'

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Haitian, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Guam

Rank	40 (2000 US census)	39 (1990 US census)

Count	412,236 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.29%, or 330984 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.93%, or 61547 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 2102 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.09%, or 4493 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 6142 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.68%, or 6926 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Belarus middle names

Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the