Popularity of the last name by country

New Zealand

• Auckland (3,716)
• Otago (3,687)
• Wellington (2,777)
• Canterbury (2,648)
• Manawatu Wanganui (1,378)
• Waikato (622)
• Taranaki (416)
• Nelson (307)
• Gisborne (280)
• Marlborough (247)
• Northland (241)
• West Coast (233)
• Bay of Plenty (202)
• Southland (94)
• Tasman (2)

All countries

• United Kingdom (469,003)
• United States (240,687)
• Australia (18,514)
• New Zealand (17,331)
• France (17,216)
• Ireland (14,323)
• Canada (7,237)
• Unknown country (5,353)
• Netherlands (1,919)
• Italy (1,856)
• Germany (1,573)
• Spain (917)
• Belgium (884)
• Switzerland (765)
• Sweden (479)
• Mexico (393)
• Lebanon (353)
• India (337)
• Colombia (325)
• Algeria (321)
• Austria (222)
• Hungary (181)
• South Africa (158)
• Russian Federation (156)
• Poland (155)
• Finland (142)
• Paraguay (139)
• Denmark (134)
• Turkey (130)
• Gibraltar (127)
• Cuba (123)
• Jamaica (121)
• China (119)
• Puerto Rico (117)
• Egypt (110)
• Greece (110)
• Argentina (95)
• Norway (82)
• Peru (74)
• Portugal (64)

Origine of last name

MASON : 1: English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason stone worker builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Machin">Machin</a> and its variants. See also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mayson">Mayson</a>. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.2: Italian (Veneto): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Masone">Masone</a>.3: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Masson">Masson</a>.4: French: topographic name from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.