Talk:Wilson (name)

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Added by WikiProject Anthroponymy member: Rosiestephenson (talk) 15:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

this is not the coorect info, It is all about the wilson basket balls... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.88.113.34 (talk) 12:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Scottish
What's 'Scottish' about it, exactly? Isn't this akin to claiming Wilson is also an 'American' or a 'Canadian' or an 'Australian' last name simply because it's recorded in America and has been historically? It's obviously an English name and comes from the English language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.14.222.67 (talk) 22:30, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Scottish / Irish Origins (among other possible origins)
It is no different than, say, the origins of the (also patronymic) surname “Ferguson,” which is unquestionably of Scottish origin. William has been a common name in Scotland for around a thousand years (William Wallace just for the sake of example). It cannot be said that the surname “Wilson” is English alone. That simply doesn’t make sense.

It cannot be known where every instance (or even most instances) of “Wilson” originates, but to say they are all English would require a great deal of explaining considering it remains the third most common surname in Scotland. 2601:2C2:684:100:0:0:0:9DBB (talk) 01:19, 28 November 2022 (UTC)