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wilson Name Meaning and History

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal name Will, a very common medieval short form of William.

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wilson Family Facts

Distribution of wilson Families in the US in 1920
Number of wilson families
 3886-7769
 1296-3885		 1-1295
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