Last Name MASTERSON

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Meaning	Nickname: The master's son. Considering the large number of early and later entries ralating to this surname, it is curious that Masterson should be so rarely met.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank	2,816 (2000 US census)	3,122 (1990 US census)

Count	11,673 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.43%, or 10906 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.27%, or 265 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 58 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.76%, or 89 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.42%, or 166 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.62%, or 189 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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