Anson
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Perhaps 'son of Hann', or alternatively 'son of Annes' or 'son of Ansell'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Anson is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 56K
- THThailand≈1 in 9.3Kas Anusorn
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Anson itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 348 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈85,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
11 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Anusorn in TH Thailand, SG Singapore and อนุศร in ID Indonesia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Perhaps 'son of Hann', or alternatively 'son of Annes' or 'son of Ansell'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anson 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈85,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Anson | 32 |
| TH Thailand | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | #781,213 | Anusorn | 145 |
| US United States | 5,978 | 1 in 56K | 5.9K | Anson | 348 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Anson | 52 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | อนุศร | 40 |
| AL Albania | 579as Ansi | 1 in 5.3K | 564 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Anusorn | 46 |
| GY Guyana | 68 | 1 in 11K | 68 | — | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Anson is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Either ‘son of Hand’ or ‘son of Hann’; first attested John Anson 1401 AssLa
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, John Anson 1401 AssLa; Henry Anson 1461 FrY.Either ‘son of Hand, or ‘son of Hann’. v. HAND, HANN.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, An English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Teutonic; the son of Anne or Agnes.
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In Filipino, a male given name from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Ansonb. 1697GBBritish admiral (1697-1762)
- George Ansonb. 1797INBritish Army major-general (1797-1857)
- Anson Jonesb. 1798USTexan politician (1798-1858)
- Anson Burlingameb. 1820USAmerican politician, minister to China, and China's envoy to U.S. and European nations (1820–1870)
- Cap Ansonb. 1852USAmerican baseball player (1852–1922)
- Robert A. Heinleinb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)
- Jay Ansonb. 1921USAmerican author (1921–1980)
- Patrick Lichfieldb. 1939GBnot in their usual nameEnglish photographer (1939–2005)
- Anson Williamsb. 1949USAmerican actor and director
- Anson Mountb. 1973USAmerican actor
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.9K | #3,471 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.1K | #8,128 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.7K | #8,176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.7K | #8,577 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 94 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 84 | #3,471 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 68 | #526 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 5 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- 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
- Wikipedia surname 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 Anson mean, and where does it come from?
- Perhaps 'son of Hann', or alternatively 'son of Annes' or 'son of Ansell'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How common is the name Anson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,978 people named Anson in 2020, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
- In which country does Anson have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 85 thousand people named Anson in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anson.
- Where is Anson most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anson is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though China 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, “Anson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.