Last Name ROBINSON

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Meaning	The son of Robert, from nickname Rob, and diminutive Rob-in. The number of entries in the London Directory is sufficient proof of the early popularity of Robin. Birds, flowers, and weeds soon took possession of the name, the ruddock giving way to robin-redbreast so completely as to cause the earlier name to be forgetten. Son of Robert.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Native American, Chilean, Falkland, Maltese, Creole, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Malagasy, Indonesian, Guam

Rank	27 (2000 US census)	20 (1990 US census)

Count	503,028 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

51.34%, or 258255 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
44.1%, or 221835 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 1861 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 2565 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.99%, or 10010 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.68%, or 8451 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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