Last name: HAMPSON
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HAMPSON : This last name is indexed 75,535 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HAMPSON : 1: English (mainly Lancashire): patronymic from the Norman personal name Hamo Hamon (see Hammond).2: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh ‘descendant of Amhsach’ a byname meaning ‘mercenary soldier’ or ‘messenger’ from the adjective amhasach ‘aggressive’.
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