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MASON

in South Dakota

There are 193 people with the last name "MASON" in South Dakota.

Ranking in South Dakota

Name	Rank
MASON	294

is 290th most common Albers
is 291st most common Duncan
is 292nd most common Hauck
is 293rd most common Sorenson
is 294th most common Mason
is 295th most common Moran
is 296th most common Porter
is 297th most common Hieb
is 298th most common Lien

Meaning & History

MASON

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.