Nation (surname) explained

Nation or Nations is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bill Nation (1925–2022), American politician
• Carrie Nation (1846–1911), American activist
• James Nation (born 1976), New Zealand field hockey player
• James Nation (born 1985), American attorney
• Paul Nation (born 1944), American-New Zealander lexicologist
• Terry Nation (1930–1997), British screenwriter
• Harold Turton Nation (1876–1967), assistant provincial mineralogist, namesake of Nation Peak, British Columbia
• Opal Louis Nations (born 1941), British-American-Canadian musician
• William Seth Nation (born 2003),