Last name: ALLISON
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ALLISON : This last name is indexed 191,146 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ALLISON : 1: English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Alice Alis (see Allis) + -son meaning ‘Alice's son’.2: English and Scottish: from the Middle English female personal name Alison a common pet form of Alice Alis. See Allis and compare Ellison.3: Scottish: in some cases a late variant of Allanson (see also Allinson).4: Scottish: variant of Callison a shortened form of McAlison a Gaelic patronymic based on the personal name Alison (see 2 above).
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