Last name: PARKINSON
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Last name frequency
PARKINSON : This last name is indexed 200,362 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PARKINSON : English (mainly northern): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Parkin + -son. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
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