Last name: PEARSON
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PEARSON : This last name is indexed 627,220 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PEARSON : 1: English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson.2: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
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