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The pearson Surname

pearson Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Piers (see Pierce). The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries.
  2. Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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pearson Family Facts

Distribution of pearson Families in the US in 1920
Number of pearson families
 591-1180
 198-590		 1-197
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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