Last name: ADAMSON
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ADAMSON : This last name is indexed 150,149 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ADAMSON : English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams.
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