Ianson

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname originating as a patronymic

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/iənsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ianson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 202K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 3.1M
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 174K

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.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈330 people, est.

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 174K (inferred from the name graph)

Australia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled I'Anson in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, NZ New Zealand.

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)

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ianson 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.

Where Ianson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom≈330 est.≈1 in 202K1.1KI'Anson90
AU Australia≈150 est.≈1 in 174K—I'Anson45
US United States1081 in 3.1M147Ianson96
CA Canada≈46 est.≈1 in 817K—Ianson36
RU Russia≈26 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Ianson3
IL Israel≈18 est.≈1 in 485K—Ianson2
NZ New Zealand≈7 est.≈1 in 752K—I'Anson11

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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ianson is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written I'Anson

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written I'Anson, I︠A︡nson

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written I'Anson, I-Anson, IÁnson

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom

    Also written I'Anson

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Poland

    Also written I'Anson

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom

    Also written I'Anson

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Ianson,
InformalHi Ianson,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Ianson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002307#16,118
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020147#123,144
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000129#123,314
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010108#151,532
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • 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 Ianson mean, and where does it come from?
A surname originating as a patronymic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ianson?
A machine transcription gives /iənsən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ianson have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 325 people named Ianson in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled I'Anson.
How common is the name Ianson?
In the United States, the national register counted 108 people named Ianson in 2010, about 1 in 3.1 million residents.

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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, “Ianson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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