Abel

Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abel.

Abrahamsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abrahamssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abrahamsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abramsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abramssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abramsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Adamsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Adamson.

Adamssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Adamson.

Adamsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Adamson.

Adolfsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Adolf".

Adolvsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Adolfsson.

Agnarsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Agnar". Agnar means "sharp".

Ahlberg

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish al "alder" and berg "mountain".

Ahlgren

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "alder branch" in Swedish (from al = "alder" and gren = "branch").

Ahlström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "alder stream" (from Swedish al = "alder" and ström = "stream").

Akerman (1)

Usage: Swedish, English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the cultivated land" from the Middle English, Germanic word acker, Acker "field". In Swedish, it is spelt Åkerman.

Akselsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Aksel".

Albertsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Albertsson. Means "son of Albert".

Albertson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Albertsson.

Albertsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albert".

Albinson

Usage: English, Swedish

Means "son of Alban".

Albinsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albinson.

Albrechtsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albrecht".

Albrecktsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albrektsson.

Albrektson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albrektsson.

Albrektsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albrekt". Albrekt is a Swedish form of Albrecht.

Alexandersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Alexander".

Alexanderson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alexandersson.

Alexandersson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Alexander".

Alfredsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alfredson.

Alfsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alfson.

Almstedt

Usage: Swedish, German

Means "elm house" in Swedish.

Alvarsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Alvar".

Amundsen (1)

Usage: Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

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)

Usage: Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ámundr". Ámundr is derived from the Germanic elements á meaning "great-grandfather, ancestor" and mund "protection".

Andersen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Anders".

Anderson

Usage: English, Icelandic, Scottish, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andrew".

Andersson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Anderson.

Andreasen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andreas".

Andréasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Andreasson.

Andreasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andreas".

Anthonsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Anthon", Anthon being a variant of Anton.

Antonsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Anton".

Ármannsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Ármann", Ármann is a cognate of Herman.

Arnesen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arne".

Arthursen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Means "son of Arthur".

Arthurson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Arthur".

Arthurssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Arthurson.

Arthursson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Arthurson.

Årud

Usage: Norwegian

It means "a river by a clearing" from å or aa meaning "river", and rud, a very old Norwegian word for a "clearing".

Axelsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Axel".

Axelsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Axel".

Baardsson

Usage: Norwegian

Means "son of Baard/Bård". Baard/Bård are possibly derived from the Germanic element barta meaning "axe" or baard meaning "beard".

Bager

Usage: Danish

Means "baker" in Danish.

Bendtsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Bendt".

Bengtsdotter

Usage: Swedish

Means "daughter of Bengt".

Bengtsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Bengt".

Bentsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Bent".

Berg

Usage: German, Swedish Extra: Statistics

It means "mountain" in the Germanic languages.

Bergfalk

Usage: Swedish, German Extra: Statistics

Derives from berg meaning "mountain" and falk meaning "falcon". It's a fairly rare name.

Bergman

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish berg = "mountain" and man = "man". Originally this was a name for a person living on a mountain.

Bergström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derives from the Swedish words for "mountain" berg and "stream" ström.

Bernardsen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Bernardsson.

Bernardssen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Bernardsson.

Bernardsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Bernard".

Bjarnesen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Bjarne".

Björk

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish björk = "birch".

Bjorkman

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "birch (tree) man".

Björnsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Björn".

Blom

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From blom meaning "bloom".

Blomgren

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From blomma meaning "flower", and gren meaning "branch," so Blomgren translates to "flower(ing) branch".

Bodilsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Bodil".

Borg

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish borg = "castle".

Byquist

Usage: Swedish

Means "village twig" in Swedish.

Byström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the Swedish words for "village", by, and "stream", ström.

Carlsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Carl".

Carlson

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Carl".

Carstensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Carsten" and is another variant of Karstensen.

Christensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Christen", Christen being a variant of Kristen.

Christiansen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Christian".

Christoffersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Christoffer". Another variant of this is Kristoffersen.

Claesson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Claes." Claes is the Swedish and Dutch variant of Klaes.

Clausen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Claus".

Clemensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Clemens".

Dahl

Usage: Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish Extra: Statistics

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'.

Dam

Usage: Danish

This means "pond" in Danish.

Danielsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Daniel".

Danielsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Daniel".

Davidsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of David".

Doctor

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Undoubtedly derives from an ancestor that was a doctor. It is the name of Danish Shakespeare critic Jens-Aage Doctor.

Einarsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Einar".

Ek

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "oak" in Swedish.

Eklund

Usage: Swedish

Name composed of the elements ek "oak" and lund "grove".

Eld

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Old Norse eldr, modern Swedish eld = "fire".

Elmersen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Elmerson.

Elmerson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Elmer".

Elmerssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Elmerson.

Elmersson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Elmerson.

Engberg

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "meadow hill" in Swedish.

Engman

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Swedish eng meaning "meadow".

Engström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Swedish äng "meadow", ström "stream".

Erickson

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Norwegian form of Ericson.

Ericson

Usage: English, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Eric".

Eriksen

Usage: Danish, Scandinavian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Erik".

Eriksson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Erik".

Falk

Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German Extra: Statistics

Old Norse falker and Middle High German valke = "falcon".

Fisker

Usage: Danish

Means "fisherman" in Danish.

Frederiksen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Frederik".

Frisk

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

The Swedish word frisk = "healthy" is derived from the Middle Low German word vrisch = "fresh, young, frisky" and was one of the names handed out to avoid confusion in the army.

Gerhardsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Gerhard".

Giese

Usage: German, Danish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a short form of the personal name Giselbert, or any other Germanic name with the first element gisil.

Göransson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Göran".

Grahn

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the Swedish word for "spruce", gran.

Gulbrandsen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Guldbrandsen.

Guldbrandsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Guldbrand". Guldbrand is possibly composed of gauja- "district" and -brand "flaming sword", or the first component guld- means "gold".

Gunnarsen

Usage: Danish, Scandinavian

Means "son of Gunnar".

Gunnarsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Gunnar".

Gunvaldsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Gunvald". The Old Norse name Gunvald means "war ruler".

Gustafsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Gustaf". Greta Garbo was originally named Greta Gustafsson.

Haakonsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Håkon".

Hagebak

Usage: Norwegian

Norwegian for "garden on a hill".

Hall

Usage: Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble).

Hallman

Usage: English, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Occupational variant of Hall.

Hansen (1)

Usage: Norwegian, Dutch, Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hans".

Hansen (2)

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Hans".

Hansson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Hans".

Haraldsson

Usage: Norwegian

Means "son of Harald".

Haugen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means literally "the hill". Used by families residing on hilltops.

Heimirsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Heimir".

Henningsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Henning".

Henriksen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

"son of Henrik".

Herbertsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herbertson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Herbert".

Herbertssen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herbertsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Hermansen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermanson.

Hermanson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Herman".

Hermanssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Hermanson.

Hermansson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermanson.

Hilmarsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Hilmar".

Hjort

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means deer, and have been used since the middleage, when it was spelled as Hiort.

Holgersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Holger".

Holgersson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Holger".

Holst

Usage: Low German, Dutch, Danish Extra: Statistics

Referred originally to a person from the region of Holstein (between Germany and Denmark). Bearers of this name include Gustav Holst, famous English composer.

Holt

Usage: Dutch, Danish, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "a wood" or "grove" in Old English or German.

Horn (1)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn.

Horn (2)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who played a horn.

Horn (3)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who lived near a horned-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.

Hult

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Holt.

Hummel (1)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Humbert.

Hummel (2)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian

Nickname for a busy person (from the Germanic word hommel meaning "bee").

Ibsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ib".

Ingersson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Ingesson.

Ingesson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Inge".

Ingolfsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means"son of Ingolfr", Ingolfr is the origin of the name Ingolf.

Jacobsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jacob".

Jacobson

Usage: Dutch, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jacob".

Jakobsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jakob".

Jansson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jan.

Jensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jens". Jensen being the Danish form of Johnson in some way.

Jensson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jens".

Jespersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jesper".

Johansen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Johannes or Johan".

Johansson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Johan".

Johnson

Usage: English, Swedish, Icelandic Extra: Statistics

Means "son of John".

Jokumsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Jokum".

Jonasen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Jonas".

Jonasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jonas".

Jönsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jöns". Jöns is a southern Swedish form of Johannes.

Jonsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jon". Jon is a short form of Johan.

Jørgensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jørgen".

Karlsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karl".

Karlsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karl".

Karstensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karsten" and is another variant of Carstensen.

Kaspersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Kasper".

Kjeldsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Kjeld".

Kjeldsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Kjeld".

Klassen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Klas", a derivative of Nicholas.

Klasson

Usage: Swedish

Swedish form of Klassen.

Klausen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Klaus". Another spelling variant of Clausen.

Knudsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Knud".

Knutsen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Knutson.

Knutson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Knut".

Kristensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Comes from the male first name Kristen, a variant of Kristian.

Kristiansen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Kristian".

Kristoffersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Another spelling of Christoffersen. Meaning "Son of Kristoffer".

Kron

Usage: German, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "crown", perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Lager

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "laurel" in Swedish.

Landvik

Usage: Norwegian

Landvik means "land and bay" in Norwegian.

Lang

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German Extra: Statistics

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

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Lang.

Langenberg

Usage: German, Swedish

Means "long mountain" in German.

Larsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Lars".

Larsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Lars".

Lauritsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Laurits".

Leifsson

Usage: Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Leif".

Leonardsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Leonardson.

Leonardson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Leonard".

Leonardssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Leonardson.

Leonardsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Leonardson.

Lindberg

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish lind "lime tree" and berg "mountain".

Lindgren

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "branch of a lime tree" from Swedish lind "lime tree" and gren "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).

Lindholm

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish lind "lime tree, linden" and holme "islet".

Lindquist

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Swedish words lind meaning "linden tree" and kvist/quist meaning "twig".

Lindström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "linden stream", and is derived from the swedish words lind meaning "linden (lime) tree", and ström which means "stream".

Ljung

Usage: Swedish

Swedish name of the plant "heather". There are many combinations of this name in Sweden, for example Ljungberg = "heather mountain", Ljungblad = "heather leaf", etc.

Ljungborg

Usage: Swedish

Means "heather castle" in Swedish.

Ljunggren

Usage: Swedish

Means "heather bough" in Swedish.

Ljungman

Usage: Swedish

Means "heather man" in Swedish.

Ljungstrand

Usage: Swedish

Means "heather beach" in Swedish.

Löfgren

Usage: Swedish

From Swedish löv "leaf" and gren "branch".

Losnedahl

Usage: Norwegian

From a place name: dahl means "valley" in Norwegian, and Losne is a place in Norway.

Ludvigsen

Usage: Danish, Scandinavian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ludvig".

Lund

Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English Extra: Statistics

Means "grove of trees", from Old Norse lundr. There are towns in Sweden and Britain called Lund.

Lundgren

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Swedish lund "forest", gren "branch".

Lykke

Usage: Danish

Means simply "happy".

Madsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Mads".

Magnusson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Literally means "son of Magnus".

Mårdh

Usage: Swedish

A spelling variation of Mård, meaning a Pine Marten. Often a soldier's nickname which became a surname in later generations.

Markusson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Markus".

Martinsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Martin".

Mathiasen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Mathias" and this is another variant of Matthiasen.

Matthiasen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Matthias" and this is a varient of Mathiasen.

Mattsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Matts".

Mikaelsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Mikael".

Mikkelsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Mikkel".

Møller

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Danish form of Möller.

Mortensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Morten".

Munson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Shortened form of Magnusson.

Næss

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Naess.

Naess

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

From the Norwegian word næs "a promontory".

Nass

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

From the Norwegian word næs meaning "a promontory".

Ness

Usage: Scottish, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "headland" in Middle English, originally referring to a person who lived there.

Nicolajsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Nicolaj", Nicolaj being a variant of Nikolaj.

Nielsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Nelson.

Nielson

Usage: English, Swedish, Icelandic Extra: Statistics

Variant of Nelson.

Niequist

Usage: Swedish

Comes from the Swedish words nie which means "new", and quist which means "branch, twig".

Niklasson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Niklas".

Nikolajsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Nikolaj".

Nilsen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Nils".

Nilsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Nils".

Nordskov

Usage: Danish

Means "north woods".

Norling

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Originally denoted a person who came from the north.

Normansen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Normanson.

Normanson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Norman".

Normanssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Normanson.

Normansson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Normanson.

Nørup

Usage: Danish

Derived from the name of at least two different Danish villages.

Norup

Usage: Danish

Variant of Nørup.

Nylund

Usage: Finnish, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Origins from the Swedish speaking south of Finland, directly from the Swedish ny "new" and lund "grove".

Nyström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish ny meaning "new" and ström meaning "stream".

Olander

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Name for someone from the island of Öland, or a variant spelling of Ålander, which is a habitational name for someone of the island of Åland.

Olesen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ole".

Olhouser

Usage: Norwegian, English

Means "(dweller by or near the) old house".

Oliversen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Variant of Oliverson.

Oliverson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Oliver".

Oliverssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Oliverson.

Oliversson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Oliverson.

Olofsdotter

Usage: Swedish

Means "daughter of Olof".

Olofsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Olof.

Olsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ole".

Olsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Olaf".

Olvirsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Óleifr", Óleifr is the ancient form of Olaf.

Öman

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the swedish words ö meaning "island" and man meaning "man". Thus the meaning is "man from the island".

Omdahl

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Denoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".

Östberg

Usage: Swedish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "mountain (or hill) in the east" from Swedish öst "east" and berg "mountain", "hill".

Ostberg

Usage: Norwegian

From Østberg, Norwegian form of Östberg.

Øster

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in the) eastern (side of a place)" from the Danish øster meaning "eastern".

Østergaard

Usage: Danish

Variant of Østergård.

Østergård

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller by or at the) eastern farm, enclosure" from the Danish øster "eastern" and gård "enclosure, farm".

Ottosen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Otto".

Ottosson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Otto".

Ovesen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ove".

Pallesen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Palle".

Patriksson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Patrik".

Pedersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Peder".

Persson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Per".

Petersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Peter".

Petersson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Petter.

Pettersson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Petter".

Pilkvist

Usage: Swedish

Means "arrow, branch, twig" in Swedish.

Poulsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Poul".

Prebensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Preben".

Ragnvaldsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Ragnvald".

Randrup

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Of Danish origin, although you may find some Randrup's connected to Germany or Shleswig Holstein due to the changes in borders and land ownership. Once found in the variation Frandrup which was of German origin. Most likely derived from geographical location or possibly from homestead/farm of Randrup.

Rapp (1)

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "quick, prompt" from the Swedish rapp, one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th Century.

Rask

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "healthy", "energetic", "speedy" in Danish.

Raske

Usage: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Rask, used in Germany and the Netherlands.

Rasmussen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Rasmus".

Reenberg

Usage: Danish

Composed / Derived by the surname Renior.

Riber

Usage: Danish

Name for someone who came from the county or town of Ribe in southwestern Denmark.

Robertsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Robert".

Robertsson

Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish

Means "son of Robert".

Rolvsson

Usage: Norwegian

Means "son of Rolf".

Rundstrom

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From a Swedish place name meaning "round stream".

Rupertsen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Rupertson.

Rupertson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Rupert".

Rupertssen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Rupertson.

Rupertsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Rupertson.

Salomon

Usage: English, French, Venetian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Salomon.

Sigurdsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Sigurd".

Simonsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Simon".

Simonsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Simonson.

Sinason

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Sina". Sina is a fairly common female name in Scandinavia.

Skjeggestad

Usage: Norwegian

Means "Skjegge's place" or "the bearded one's place" from the Norwegian skjegge "beard" and stad "town, place".

Skovgaard

Usage: Danish

Means "dweller in a farm near the woods" from the Danish skov "wood" and gård "farm".

Solberg

Usage: Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the Germanic elements sol "sun" combined with berg "mountain".

Sörensen

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Sørensen.

Sørensen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Søren".

Sörenson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Sørensen.

Spillum

Usage: Norwegian

Means "from Spillum, Norway".

Steensen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Means "son of Steen".

Stefansen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Stefan".

Stefansson

Usage: Swedish, Icelandic

Means "son of Stefan".

Steffensen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Steffen".

Steinsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Stein".

Stenberg

Usage: Danish, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Swedish sten = "stone" and berg = "mountain".

Stendahl

Usage: Swedish

Derived from Swedish sten "stone" and dahl, an old spelling of the modern day dal "valley".

Stenger

Usage: Danish, German Extra: Statistics

Name for a post maker, from German stange "pole".

Stigsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Stig".

Storstrand

Usage: Norwegian

Means "from Storstrand farm, Norway". In the place name stor means "big", and strand means "beach".

Strand

Usage: Danish, German, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

From the Middle Low German word strand meaning "sea shore". Originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.

Sunden

Usage: Swedish

Means "sound, strait" from the Old Norse sund.

Svendsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Svend".

Svenson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Svensson.

Svensson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Sven".

Swenhaugen

Usage: Norwegian

Probably means "from Swenhaugen, Norway".

Tennfjord

Usage: Norwegian

Means "from Tennfjord, Norway".

Thorirsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Þórir".

Thorn

Usage: English, Danish Extra: Statistics

Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.

Thorsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Thor".

Tjader

Usage: Swedish

Swedish meaning "magpie".

Tomasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Tomas".

Toov

Usage: Norwegian

Derived from the Old Norse given name Tófi which was a pet form of any name that began with the element Þórr meaning "thunder".

Troelsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Troels".

Ulfsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Ulf".

Vernersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Verner".

Victorsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Means "son of Victor".

Victorson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Victor".

Victorsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Victorson.

Vilhjalmsson

Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic

Means "son of Vilhjalmur".

Vinter

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Scandinavian variant of Winter.

Voll (1)

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in/by a) meadow", from Old Norse völlr.

Vollan

Usage: Norwegian

From the Old Norse word völlr (see Voll (1)), originally given to someone who lived near a farmstead.

Waltersen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Walterson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Walter".

Walterssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Waltersson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Westerberg

Usage: Swedish, German Extra: Statistics

Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there.

Winter

Usage: English, German, Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the Old English winter or the Old High German wintar (Middle High German winter) meaning "winter". This was the name of farmers who had to deliver their taxes in winter time and of farmers who had their fields in the north of the village.

Wolff

Usage: German, Norwegian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wolf.