Last name: SANDERSON
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Last name frequency
SANDERSON : This last name is indexed 197,122 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SANDERSON : Scottish and English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Sander (a short form of Alexander) + -son. Compare Sandison.
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