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ArchivesJansson is very common in Sweden
in reply to a message by little_kit
Jensen is a very common ln in Denmark. I've never heard of Jenson, looks like a mix-up of Janson and Jensen to me.
The reason that these names (Jensen, Jansson, Jönsson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnson, Jackson) are so common is that the fn John (or Johan, Jan, Jon, Jens, Jöns, Jack) always has been very common.
All son-names are kind of boring imo. Many Swedes change their dull son-ln to a more uncommon one. Which is why I can't understand why people want to use such names as fn.
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The reason that these names (Jensen, Jansson, Jönsson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnson, Jackson) are so common is that the fn John (or Johan, Jan, Jon, Jens, Jöns, Jack) always has been very common.
All son-names are kind of boring imo. Many Swedes change their dull son-ln to a more uncommon one. Which is why I can't understand why people want to use such names as fn.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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