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Mason

in Rhode Island

There are 293 people with the last name "Mason" in Rhode Island.

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Mason 337
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  1. is 333rd most common Paiva
  2. is 334th most common Rice
  3. is 335th most common Stpierre
  4. is 336th most common Henderson
  5. is 337th most common Mason
  6. is 338th most common Daniels
  7. is 339th most common Bettencourt
  8. is 340th most common Mahoney
  9. is 341st most common Maynard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Mason

Robert, John, William, Scott, David, Kenneth, Mary, Brian, Frederick, George

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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