Meason is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Wales. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Meason
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Wales
Meaning:

The Meason is variant of Meeson. A parish in Shropshire, united with Bolas. It is stated to be a corruption of the Anglo-Norman name Malvoisin, or Mauvesyn. It probably bore some Anglo-Saxon designation in older times. On the acquisition of it by the Norman family, they gave their surname as a suffix, and the suffix in course of time supplanted the former name, as in the case of Latimers in Buckinghamshire which was originally Iselhampsted, then Iselhampsted-Latimers, and finally Latimers.

Surname Meason is a variation of the Meeking. See Meekins - "De Mèschines (from Bayeux in Normandy), Meskines, Meykeynes, Meschin, Mekins, Meekins." This is Sir B. Burke's pedigree of the name as borne by the Irish family.

The lastname is a variant form of the Measom. Measham, a parish in Derbyshire.

Meason is variant form of Meacham. Mitcham in Surrey?.

Meason is a variant form of the Markin. A diminutive of Mark.

Family name Meason is the form of Makins. Supposed derivatives of the personal name Mary.

Meason is the variant of the Mucha. The fly, probably designating one with some characteristic of that insect; dweller at the sign of the fly.

A form of Machen. MachinA parish in Monmouthshire. Perhaps the same as - Perhaps a corruption of Meschines.

How popular is Meason?

Meason is common in United States.

Meason is ranked 611194 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meason bearers increased by 5.58 per cent in 2010 US census to 227 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1208 spots and ranked at 82908. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.92 94.88
Meason is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and New Zealand have the family name. Around 505 people have been found who wears Meason as their family name. Meason have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Meason:
71,690 United States376
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,944 England89
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
25,890 New Zealand15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
124,818 Australia8
21,198 Wales7
28,047 Scotland6

Meason Namesakes

  • Gilbert Laing Meason, Scottish merchant and agricultural improver

Meason Namesakes

  • Gilbert Laing Meason, Scottish merchant and agricultural improver

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