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hampson Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly Lancashire): patronymic from the Norman personal name Hamo, Hamon (see Hammond).
  2. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh ‘descendant of Amhsach’ a byname meaning ‘mercenary soldier’ or ‘messenger’, from the adjective amhasach ‘aggressive’.

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Distribution of hampson Families in the US in 1920
Number of hampson families
 49-95
 17-48
 1-16
 0
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