Last Name ROBERTSON

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Meaning	The son of Robert. The influence of this name was enormous. Its chief nicknames were Hob and Dob, whence with diminutives Hobkin, Hopkin, Dobinson, etc. But the most famous diminutive was Robin. Hence Robinsons. It ran a fine race with Richard and Roger, one giving us the nicknames Hick and Dick, the other Hodge and Dodge. The son of Robert. The family are descended from the ancient Earls of Athol, who were derived from Duncan, king of Scotland, son of Malcolm Canmore. The name was assumed by Alexander, son of that Robert who arrested the murderers of James I, and for which act James II granted him for a crest a hand supporting a regal crown.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Falkland, Creole, Belgian, South african

Rank	159 (2000 US census)	147 (1990 US census)

Count	150,299 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.35%, or 113250 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.24%, or 30421 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 616 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.87%, or 1308 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.55%, or 2330 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.58%, or 2375 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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