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Mason

in North Carolina

There are 5,082 people with the last name "Mason" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Mason 143
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  1. is 139th most common Joyner
  2. is 140th most common Shaw
  3. is 141st most common Bowman
  4. is 142nd most common Crawford
  5. is 143rd most common Mason
  6. is 144th most common Norris
  7. is 145th most common Spencer
  8. is 146th most common Stone
  9. is 147th most common Jacobs

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Mason

Robert, James, William, John, David, Charles, Michael, Mary, Thomas, Joseph

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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