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The gilbertson Surname

gilbertson Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from the personal name Gilbert.
  2. Americanized form of Norwegian Gilbertsen or a cognate in Danish or Swedish.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of gilbertson Families in the US in 1920
Number of gilbertson families
 182-361
 61-181
 1-60
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