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The patterson Surname

patterson Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish and northern English: patronymic from a pet form of Pate, a short form of Patrick.
  2. Irish: in Ulster of English or Scottish origin; in County Galway, a surname taken by bearers of Gaelic Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casán), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane.

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

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Distribution of patterson Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (93 of 28328)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (71 of 28328)Maryland: 1% (266 of 28328)Delaware: Less than 1% (45 of 28328)New Jersey: 2% (584 of 28328)Connecticut: 1% (197 of 28328)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (86 of 28328)Massachusetts: 2% (597 of 28328)Hawaii: Less than 1% (7 of 28328)Alaska: Less than 1% (22 of 28328)California: 4% (1084 of 28328)Nevada: Less than 1% (24 of 28328)Oregon: 1% (286 of 28328)Washington: 1% (383 of 28328)Idaho: Less than 1% (125 of 28328)Utah: Less than 1% (90 of 28328)Arizona: Less than 1% (96 of 28328)New Mexico: Less than 1% (43 of 28328)Colorado: 1% (344 of 28328)Wyoming: Less than 1% (58 of 28328)Montana: 1% (162 of 28328)North Dakota: Less than 1% (91 of 28328)South Dakota: Less than 1% (117 of 28328)Nebraska: 1% (247 of 28328)Kansas: 2% (593 of 28328)Oklahoma: 2% (703 of 28328)Texas: 6% (1587 of 28328)Minnesota: 1% (312 of 28328)Iowa: 2% (621 of 28328)Missouri: 4% (1083 of 28328)Arkansas: 2% (703 of 28328)Louisiana: 2% (441 of 28328)Illinois: 5% (1426 of 28328)Wisconsin: 1% (219 of 28328)Michigan: 3% (853 of 28328)Indiana: 3% (723 of 28328)Ohio: 6% (1840 of 28328)Kentucky: 2% (608 of 28328)West Virginia: 1% (340 of 28328)Tennessee: 4% (1048 of 28328)Mississippi: 2% (656 of 28328)Alabama: 3% (982 of 28328)Florida: 1% (341 of 28328)Georgia: 4% (1082 of 28328)South Carolina: 2% (633 of 28328)North Carolina: 3% (839 of 28328)Virginia: 3% (930 of 28328)Maryland: 1% (266 of 28328)Delaware: Less than 1% (45 of 28328)New Jersey: 2% (584 of 28328)Pennsylvania: 9% (2595 of 28328)New York: 6% (1592 of 28328)Connecticut: 1% (197 of 28328)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (86 of 28328)Massachusetts: 2% (597 of 28328)Vermont: Less than 1% (93 of 28328)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (71 of 28328)Maine: 1% (203 of 28328)
Number of patterson families
 1299-2595
 434-1298		 1-433
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William Wade Patterson md. Martha E. Davis 1865 TX JanPatterson27 1
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PATTERSON in Hancock County, OH Nancy Shire 8
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