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Alderson


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Origin Of The Surname Alderson

Meaning Of The Surname Alderson

Descendant of Ealdhere

Interesting Facts About Alderson

Alderson is a patronymic surname, which means it was given to pass down the name of a father of a household to his kin. This is suggested by the suffixed ‘son’ in the name. However, the ‘Alder’ element refers to a name that is not used anymore. It comes from the Old English ‘Ealdhere’ which is made up of the elements ‘eald’ meaning old combined with ‘here’ meaning army. Maggie Alderson the Australian author is a famous bearer of this surname.

Alderson Statistics

Alderson is the number 1283 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 8,009 share the surname Alderson in the UK.

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