Last Name NANSON

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Meaning The son of Ann, from the nickname Nan. Nan later on became Nanny and Nancy. The French turned into the diminutive Nanette and Nanon. Nan gave us 'nan-pie' for 'mag-pie,' the phrase 'As nice as a nany-hen,' i.e. very affected, and 'Miss Nancy,' as effeminate man. But Nan and Nancy fell into desrepute, like Parnall and Jill. A nany-house was well known to the dissolute of both sexes in the 16th century.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 102,691 (2000 US census)
Count 162 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.8%, or 139 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.7%, or 6 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 6.79%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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