Allison meaning | Last name Allison origin

Following is the meaning of Allison surname. Family name Allison is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Allison
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Also Alison. Several possibilities for this very common name in Great Britain. Either this is the case plan Alis Allis, feminine personal name of Germanic origin (see Alis for direction), or the son of Allis. But the name can also be formed on Ellis and Allan (see these names).

Allison is used as a family name or surname in England languages. Allison has 7 characters long in length.

Allison is common in England country(ies).

Allison is ranked 4574 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Allison bearers increased by 2.324091 per cent in 2010 US census to 52701 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 646. The last name was found in around 179 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.72 83.01
Black 13.1 12.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.52
Others 1.99 1.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.34 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.45

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Allison

How popular is Allison?

Allison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 119132 people have been found who wears Allison as their family name. Allison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
616,339 India10
932 Bermuda9
527,030 Indonesia7
5,340 Iceland6
7,113 Costa Rica5
2,011 South Korea4
325 Anguilla4
114,007 Czech Republic4
23,165 Romania3
15,956 Venezuela3
16,136 Kenya3
70,383 Tanzania3
35,789 Turkey3
5,217 Zambia2
250 Tonga2
37,372 Georgia2
631 Swaziland2
6,900 Oman2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
12,172 Ghana2
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Immigrants to US

Ann Allison was 60 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 6, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took George Evans from Liverpool. 24 years old Ann-E. Allison, Workman John Allison, Ann Allison, aged 25, 24 years old Thomas Allison, 26 years old John Allison, John Allison, aged 42, Immigrant William Allison, Charlotte Allison (35) Immigrant, and 35 other Allison around 41.94% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Comments :Tegan Neyman The origin of the name is germaine the Surname alice comes from the medieval name of person Germanic athalheid derivative which means one who is of noble lineage that name recalls the name of an ancestor.

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  • Sidney Allison portrayed central role of Taylor in 2013 comedy and fantasy flick All Cheerleaders Die.
  • Lauren Allison portrayed the leading character of The Prostitute in 2015 drama and horror film Other Madnesses.

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