Mawson

Patronymic surname, from Maw +‎ -son.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.sən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.sən/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈmɑ.sən/
• Rhymes: -ɒsən

Mawson (countable and uncountable, plural Mawsons)

1. A surname.
2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
3. Ellipsis of Mawson Station; a research station in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica.
   • 2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Long-term monitoring has revealed a 43% drop over a decade in the number of birds that breed across 52 islands near the Mawson research station.

• 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.

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

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