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Distribution of the surname Patterson in the United Kingdom in 1881 and 1998. This surname is one of the most popular of Scottish surnames, and is a patronymic form of the male given name Pat(t) or Pate, itself a short form of Patrick. Patrick derives ultimately from the Latin "Patricius", patrician, or "son of a noble father", that is, a member of the patrician class, the Roman hereditary aristocracy. Patrick has been chiefly used in Ireland and Scotland, but was widespread in the North of England from the 12th Century, giving rise to a number of surnames including: Patrickson, Pate(s), Paty, Paton, Patten, Patti(n)son and Pat(t)erson. Its popularity in these parts was largely due to St. Patrick, 5th Century Apostle of Ireland. In 1881, a half century after the Cornelius of Sunderland settlers had departed the highest concentration of people with the Patterson surname was concentrated in the eastern Borders region of England and Scotland, the source area of the Cornelius settlers. William indicated that he was Scottish in all census records and his obituary stated that he was from Berwick, Scotland, a community just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Click on image or here for enlarged view ( Source of maps -- Surname Profiler: Surnames as a quantitative resource.) http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/

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