Vinson

surname · Latin script

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

Vinson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: different form of Vincent.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 20K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 41K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈98,000 people, est.

Sources
450 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

different form of Vincent

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vinson 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 Vinson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈98,000 est.≈1 in 14K—Vinson13
PK Pakistan≈48,000 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Vinson4
US United States25,3411 in 13K25KVinson450
GB United Kingdom≈3,300 est.≈1 in 20K622Vinson131
PH Philippines≈2,600 est.≈1 in 41K—Vinson46
AT Austria≈470 est.≈1 in 19K—Vinson6
NZ New Zealand≈350 est.≈1 in 14K—Vinson15

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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)

Vinson is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Gabon

    Also written Vînson

65 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Carl Vinson, b. 1883Fred M. Vinson, b. 1890Tripp Vinson, b. 1901Walter Vinson, b. 1901Helen Vinson, b. 1907Maribel Vinson, b. 1911Eddie Vinson, b. 1917Gary Vinson, b. 1936Sigolène Vinson, b. 1974Sharni Vinson, b. 1983
  • Carl Vinsonb. 1883USDemocratic United States Congressman (1883-1981)
  • Fred M. Vinsonb. 1890USchief justice of the United States from 1946 to 1953
  • Tripp Vinsonb. 1901USAmerican film producer
  • Walter Vinsonb. 1901USAmerican Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1901-1975)
  • Helen Vinsonb. 1907USactress (1907–1999)
  • Maribel Vinsonb. 1911USfigure skater (1911-1961)
  • Eddie Vinsonb. 1917USAmerican jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917–1988)
  • Gary Vinsonb. 1936USAmerican actor (1936-1984)
  • Sigolène Vinsonb. 1974FRFrench writer and Charlie Hebdo staff member
  • Sharni Vinsonb. 1983AUAustralian actress and dancer

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 38 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Vinson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201025K#1,401
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200025K#1,318
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202024K#1,418
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002622#9,576
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 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 Vinson mean, and where does it come from?
different form of Vincent Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Vinson have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 98 thousand people named Vinson in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vinson.
How common is the name Vinson?
In the United States, the national register counted 25,341 people named Vinson in 2010, about 1 in 13 thousand 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, “Vinson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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