Mowson

English

Alternative forms

• Motion

Etymology

From the unattested Middle English word *maugh, *maw, *mough, *mow, from Old Norse mágr (“son-in-law”), + -son. It could also be a variant of Mawson and Moulson.

Proper noun

Mowson (plural Mowsons)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mowson is the 505428^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mowson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 628.
• Forebears