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hitson Name Meaning and History

English: unexplained; perhaps a metathesized form of Histon, a habitational name from Histon in Cambridgeshire. In the U.S., this is a southern surname, found chiefly in TN, AL, and GA.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hitson Families in the US in 1920
Number of hitson families
 8-14
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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