Last name: GIBSON
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GIBSON : This last name is indexed 753,727 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GIBSON : English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin see Giblin. This surname is also common among African Americans.
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