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The courson Surname

courson Name Meaning and History

  1. French: habitational name from either of two places named Courson, in Calvados and Essonne, from the personal name Curtenus (a derivative of Latin curtus ‘short’) + the locative suffix -onem, or from a place in Yonne named with the same personal name + Gaulish dunum meaning ‘pride’; later, ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’.
  2. See Coursen.

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Distribution of courson Families in the US in 1920
Number of courson families
 45-87
 16-44
 1-15
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