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harrison Name Meaning and History

Northern English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Harry.

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harrison Family Facts

Distribution of harrison Families in the US in 1920
Number of harrison families
 865-1728
 289-864
 1-288
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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