Mawson

English

Etymology

Patronymic surname, from Maw.

Proper noun

Mawson (countable and uncountable, plural Mawsons)

1. A surname.
2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Derived terms

• mawsoniid
• mawsonite

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mawson is the 35147^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Mawson is most common among White (90.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mawson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.

Anagrams

• womans