Last name: MATHESON
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MATHESON : This last name is indexed 68,229 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
MATHESON : 1: Scottish: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Matthew.2: Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna Mac Mathghamhuin abbreviated to Mac Mhathain ‘son of Mathghamhain’ a personal name literally meaning ‘good calf’ a kenning for ‘bear’. Compare Irish McMahon Mahoney.
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