the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Abel |
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Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German
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| Derived from the given name Abel. |
| Abrahamsen |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abrahamson. |
| Abrahamssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abrahamson. |
| Abrahamsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abrahamson. |
| Abramsen |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abramson. |
| Abramssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abramson. |
| Abramsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Abramson. |
| Adamsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Adamson. |
| Adamssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Adamson. |
| Adamsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Adamson. |
| Albertsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Variant of Albertsson. Means "son of Albert". |
| Amundsen (1) |
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Usage: Norwegian, Danish
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| Means "son of Amund". Amund is derived from the Old Scandinavian given name Aghmund from the Germanic elements agi "awe" or ag "point" and mund "protection". |
| Amundsen (2) |
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Usage: Norwegian, Danish
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| Means "son of Ámundr". Ámundr is derived from the Germanic elements á meaning "great-grandfather, ancestor" and mund "protection". |
| Andersen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Anders". |
| Arnesen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Arne". |
| Arthursen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Arthur". |
| Arthurson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Arthur". |
| Arthurssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Arthurson. |
| Arthursson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Arthurson. |
| Årud |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| It means "a river by a clearing" from å or aa meaning "river", and rud, a very old Norwegian word for a "clearing". |
| Baardsson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Baard/Bård". Baard/Bård are possibly derived from the Germanic element barta meaning "axe" or baard meaning "beard". |
| Bernardsen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Bernardsson. |
| Bernardssen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Bernardsson. |
| Bernardsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Bernard". |
| Carlson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Carl". |
| Christiansen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Christian". |
| Dahl |
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Usage: Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
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| Middle Low German dal and Old Norse dalr = "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl; mostly remembered for children's stories such as 'Matilda' and 'Henry Sugar'. |
| Elmersen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Elmerson. |
| Elmerson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Elmer". |
| Elmerssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Elmerson. |
| Elmersson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Elmerson. |
| Erickson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Norwegian form of Ericson. |
| Falk |
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Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
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| Old Norse falker and Middle High German valke = "falcon". |
| Gulbrandsen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Variant of Guldbrandsen. |
| Hagebak |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Norwegian for "garden on a hill". |
| Hall |
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Usage: Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble). |
| Hansen (1) |
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Usage: Norwegian, Dutch, Frisian
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| Means "son of Hans". |
| Haraldsson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Harald". |
| Haugen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means literally "the hill". Used by families residing on hilltops. |
| Herbertsen |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Herbertson. |
| Herbertson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Herbert". |
| Herbertssen |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Herbertson. |
| Herbertsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Herbertson. |
| Hermansen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Hermanson. |
| Hermanson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Herman". |
| Hermanssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Hermanson. |
| Hermansson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Hermanson. |
| Holt |
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Usage: Dutch, Danish, English, Norwegian
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| Means "a wood" or "grove" in Old English or German. |
| Horn (1) |
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Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish
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| Occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn. |
| Horn (2) |
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Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish
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| Occupational name for one who played a horn. |
| Horn (3) |
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Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish
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| Originally given to a person who lived near a horned-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river. |
| Hummel (1) |
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Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian
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| Derived from the first name Humbert. |
| Hummel (2) |
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Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian
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| Nickname for a busy person (from the Germanic word hommel meaning "bee"). |
| Jacobson |
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Usage: Dutch, English, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Jacob". |
| Jakobsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Jakob". |
| Knutsen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Knutson. |
| Knutson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Knut". |
| Landvik |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Landvik means "land and bay" in Norwegian. |
| Lang |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German
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| From Scandinavian lang, Middle High German lanc and Middle Low German lank all meaning "long". Originally a nickname for a tall person or family. |
| Lange |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German
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| Variant of Lang. |
| Leifsson |
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Usage: Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Leif". |
| Leonardsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Leonardson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Leonard". |
| Leonardssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Leonardsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Leonardson. |
| Losnedahl |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From a place name: dahl means "valley" in Norwegian, and Losne is a place in Norway. |
| Lund |
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Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English
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| Means "grove of trees", from Old Norse lundr. There are towns in Sweden and Britain called Lund. |
| Næss |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Variant of Naess. |
| Naess |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From the Norwegian word næs "a promontory". |
| Nass |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From the Norwegian word næs meaning "a promontory". |
| Ness |
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Usage: Scottish, English, Norwegian
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| Means "headland" in Middle English, originally referring to a person who lived there. |
| Nielsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Variant of Nelson. |
| Nilsen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Nils". |
| Normansen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Normanson. |
| Normanson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Norman". |
| Normanssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Normanson. |
| Normansson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Normanson. |
| Olhouser |
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Usage: Norwegian, English
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| Means "(dweller by or near the) old house". |
| Oliversen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Variant of Oliverson. |
| Oliverson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Oliver". |
| Oliverssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Oliverson. |
| Oliversson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Oliverson. |
| Omdahl |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Denoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley". |
| Ostberg |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From Østberg, Norwegian form of Östberg. |
| Ovesen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Ove". |
| Raske |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian
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| Variant of Rask, used in Germany and the Netherlands. |
| Rasmussen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Rasmus". |
| Robertsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish
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| Means "son of Robert". |
| Rolvsson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Rolf". |
| Rupertsen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Rupertson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Rupert". |
| Rupertssen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Rupertsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Salomon |
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Usage: English, French, Venetian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
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| Derived from the first name Salomon. |
| Sinason |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Sina". Sina is a fairly common female name in Scandinavia. |
| Skjeggestad |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "Skjegge's place" or "the bearded one's place" from the Norwegian skjegge "beard" and stad "town, place". |
| Solberg |
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Usage: Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
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| From the Germanic elements sol "sun" combined with berg "mountain". |
| Sørensen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Søren". |
| Spillum |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "from Spillum, Norway". |
| Steensen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Steen". |
| Storstrand |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "from Storstrand farm, Norway". In the place name stor means "big", and strand means "beach". |
| Strand |
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Usage: Danish, German, Norwegian
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| From the Middle Low German word strand meaning "sea shore". Originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea. |
| Swenhaugen |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Probably means "from Swenhaugen, Norway". |
| Tennfjord |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "from Tennfjord, Norway". |
| Toov |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Derived from the Old Norse given name Tófi which was a pet form of any name that began with the element Þórr meaning "thunder". |
| Victorsen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Victor". |
| Victorson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Victor". |
| Victorsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Victorson. |
| Vilhjalmsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic
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| Means "son of Vilhjalmur". |
| Vinter |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Scandinavian variant of Winter. |
| Voll (1) |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "(dweller in/by a) meadow", from Old Norse völlr. |
| Vollan |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| From the Old Norse word völlr (see Voll (1)), originally given to someone who lived near a farmstead. |
| Waltersen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Walterson. |
| Walterson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Walter". |
| Walterssen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Walterson. |
| Waltersson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Walterson. |
| Wolff |
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Usage: German, Norwegian, Jewish
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| Variant of Wolf. |
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