Last name: WATSON
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WATSON : This last name is indexed 1,424,488 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WATSON : Scottish English and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’ a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt.
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