Last name: CARSON
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CARSON : This last name is indexed 164,814 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CARSON : 1: Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: probably a habitational name from an unlocated place in southwestern Scotland called Acarson or Carsan. This surname was taken to Northern Ireland in the early 17th century. Alternatively it may be a hybrid patronymic name composed of Irish cearr ‘left-handed’ + English son ‘son’.2: English: variant of Corston a habitational name from one of the many places so called in Norfolk Shropshire Somerset or Wiltshire.3: In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Kåsen (see Kasen).
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