Hewitson

Hewitson
Family name
Pronunciation Hew-it-son
Meaning "son of Hewitt"
Region of origin England, Normandy , Scandinavia
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Hewitson is an English surname of Norman origin. The name Hewitson, comes from the patronym of the given name Hewitt, meaning "son of Hewitt". In Norse custom, patronyms were formed by using the ending -son (later -søn and -sen in Danish, Norwegian and German) to the genitive form of the father's name to indicate "son of".[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

See also

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2002), The Oxford Names Companion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 456, ISBN 978-0-19-860561-4
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