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The melson Surname

melson Name Meaning and History

  1. patronymic from the personal name Miles (of Norman origin but uncertain derivation; possibly related to Michael or Latin miles ‘soldier’, or even the Slavic name element mil ‘grace’, ‘favor’), or a metronymic from the female personal name Milla.
  2. metronymic from the old female personal name Milde, Milda, from Old English milde ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.

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

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

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Distribution of melson Families in the US in 1920
Number of melson families
 38-73
 13-37		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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