Meaning Of The Last Name 'Jones'?

Question:Does anyone know the meaning (either historical or traditional) of the common English last name 'Jones'?

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A patronymic name meaning "son of John (God has favored or gift of God)." The most common surname in Wales. JOHNSON is a common English version of this surname.
Welsh, English

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Jones
English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

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