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The ADDISON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 16,474 2019 0.006 61
United States (1880 census) 2,695 2256 0.005 54
Change since 1880 +13779 +237 +0.001 +7
Other Countries
Australia 1,116 1486 0.007 68
United Kingdom 5,918 1063 0.013 129
Top States for ADDISON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 1,454 1489 0.009 91
Georgia 1,265 898 0.015 155
Texas 1,176 2150 0.006 56
South Carolina 1,065 650 0.027 265
Louisiana 1,059 646 0.024 237
Top States for ADDISON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 1,065 650 0.027 265
Louisiana 1,059 646 0.024 237
Washington DC 104 628 0.018 182
Mississippi 447 1046 0.016 157
Georgia 1,265 898 0.015 155

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called ADDISON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called ADDISON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called ADDISON in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a ADDISON by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of ADDISON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the ADDISON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the ADDISON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of ADDISON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 293 1.78
Native American/Alaskan 196 1.19
White (Hispanic) 193 1.17
Asian/Pacific 63 0.38
White (Caucasian) 8,731 53
Black/African American 7,000 42.49

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the ADDISON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of ADDISON in historical publications

The same as Adamson, the son of Adam, Adie or Addie being, in the Lowland-Scotch, a familiar corruption of Adam, hence Addie-son.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to ADDISON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ADDISON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for ADDISON

The following words are slight variants of ADDISON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.