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The hanson Surname

hanson Name Meaning and History

  1. English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially Yorkshire): patronymic from Hann or the byname Hand.
  2. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh (see Hampson 2).
  3. Irish: variant of McKittrick.
  4. Respelling of Scandinavian Hansen or Hansson.
  5. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the female personal name Hanna.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hanson name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hanson family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hanson Families in the US in 1920
Number of hanson families
 1761-3520
 588-1760		 1-587
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