Last Name BRONSON

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Meaning	A contraction of Brownson, the son of Brown. 'Briaunson,' local, a place in France. This name came into England with William the Conqueror.

Origin	Jewish

Rank	3,022 (2000 US census)	2,496 (1990 US census)

Count	11,007 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.67%, or 8549 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.02%, or 1983 total occurrences, as black,
0.58%, or 64 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.7%, or 77 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.44%, or 159 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.6%, or 176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

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