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Mason

in Pennsylvania

There are 3,854 people with the last name "Mason" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Mason 187
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  1. is 183rd most common Walter
  2. is 184th most common Ellis
  3. is 185th most common Landis
  4. is 186th most common Holmes
  5. is 187th most common Mason
  6. is 188th most common Kelley
  7. is 189th most common Freeman
  8. is 190th most common Sanders
  9. is 191st most common Carroll

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Mason

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

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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