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Mason

in Maryland

There are 3,654 people with the last name "Mason" in Maryland.

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Mason 82
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  1. is 78th most common Rogers
  2. is 79th most common Wallace
  3. is 80th most common Hernandez
  4. is 81st most common Murray
  5. is 82nd most common Mason
  6. is 83rd most common Snyder
  7. is 84th most common Ross
  8. is 85th most common Simmons
  9. is 86th most common Hawkins

Similar Names and Nicknames

Maxon, Masood, Magoon, Mazon, Madonna, Masone, Masoner, Masoud, Madonia, Meson

Most Common First Names for Mason

John, James, William, Robert, David, Michael, Charles, Mary, Donald, Richard

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.

Italian (Veneto): from a short form of Masone.

French: from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.

FOREBEARS George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI. Two other families of this name were among the early English settlers in America. John Mason (1586–1635) was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, became governor of Newfoundland in 1615, and was one of the founders of NH. His namesake, John Mason (?1600–72), emigrated before 1633 and was one of the founders of Norwich, CT.

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