Elson
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Elson (Hampshire, Somerset), or perhaps a late form of ELSTON; first attested Richard Elson 1379 PTY
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛlsɔn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elson is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 7.2K(measured from records)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 28K
- ALAlbania1 in 4.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 319 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)
29,540 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Elson (Hampshire, Somerset), or perhaps a late form of ELSTON; first attested Richard Elson 1379 PTY
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #634 | 29,540 | 1 in 7.2K | 33K | Elson | 128 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Elson | 43 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Elson | 24 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Elson | 9 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Elson | 10 |
| AL Albania | — | 680 | 1 in 4.5K | 680 | — | 1 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Elson | 46 |
| GY Guyana | — | 31 | 1 in 24K | 31 | Elson | 2 |
29,540 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elson Beiruthb. 1941BRBrazilian footballer (1941-2012)
- Elson Longo da Silvab. 1941BRresearcher
- Buddy Roemerb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1943–2021)
- Elson Floydb. 1956USAmerican academic
- Elson Becerrab. 1978COColombian footballer (1978-2006)
- Elson Mendyb. 1985FRFrench basketball player
- Elson Ferreira de Souzab. 1989BRBrazilian association football player
- Elson Hooib. 1991NLCuraçaoan association football player
- Elson José Dias Júniorb. 1991BRBrazilian association football player
- Elson Brechtefeldb. 1994NRNauru Wightlifter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 67 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 33K | #1,026 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 30K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 29K | #832 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 680 | #723 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 132 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 98 | #832 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 31 | #563 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Elson mean, and where does it come from?
- from Elson (Hampshire, Somerset), or perhaps a late form of ELSTON; first attested Richard Elson 1379 PTY Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Elson a male or female name?
- Elson is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Elson?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 29,540 people named Elson in 2022, about 1 in 7.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Elson compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Elson is the 634th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Elson?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛlsɔn/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Elson have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 30 thousand people named Elson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elson.
- Where is Elson most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elson is densest in Albania — about 1 in 4.5 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elson” — the 634th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.