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Hanson

in Virginia

There are 1,133 people with the last name "Hanson" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Hanson 661
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  1. is 657th most common Overstreet
  2. is 658th most common Wynn
  3. is 659th most common Church
  4. is 660th most common Gonzales
  5. is 661st most common Hanson
  6. is 662nd most common Norton
  7. is 663rd most common Archer
  8. is 664th most common Comer
  9. is 665th most common Herring

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hansen, Hans, Hansel, Hansford, Hanshaw, Hansell, Hanscom, Hansard, Hanselman, Hanssen

Most Common First Names for Hanson

John, Eric, James, Michael, Robert, Elizabeth, Mary, Richard, Scott, Stephen

Meaning & History

English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially Yorkshire): patronymic from Hann or the byname Hand.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh (see Hampson 2).

Irish: variant of McKittrick.

Respelling of Scandinavian Hansen or Hansson.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the female personal name Hanna.

FOREBEARS A family by the name of Hanson was established in America by John Hanson, one of four brothers sent there by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1642. They were grandsons of an Englishman who had married into the Swedish royal family; he was descended from a certain Roger de Rastrick, who had lived in Yorkshire in the 13th century.

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