Last Name MATHEWSON

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Meaning	The son of Mathew. Found in French and English forms in large quantaties in the early registers. The nicknames and diminutives are numerous. The two chief nicknames wre Mat (English) and May (French). Mathew or Mayheu was exceedingly popular.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	9,008 (2000 US census)	7,393 (1990 US census)

Count	3,336 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.84%, or 3097 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.25%, or 75 total occurrences, as black,
0.69%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.21%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.83%, or 61 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.19%, or 73 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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