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in reply to a message by Krisse
Well, there are 70 people in Finland with this surname, but it is probably Swedish. Many Finns formerly had Swedish surnames but they became unfashionable and were usually translated into Finnish. Obviously your people didn't want to change.
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I would agree with Swedish surname. When the Swedes dropped the patriarchal names "son of" they switched to using names that discribed their surroundings, nature or animals. Using modern Swedish this name is curious, as Enkel - is single, easy, or simple and Breg is hill, rock or mountain. This could have been a location they lived by as in -- single mountain or hill. I can not, however, explain Enkel to Enken. Also, Ek is 'oak' and eken is 'the oak'. Still that doesn't explain Enkenberg. It's close.
Finland has the second largest population of Swedish speaking people - over 300,000 today. It is a second language in Finland.
Finland has the second largest population of Swedish speaking people - over 300,000 today. It is a second language in Finland.
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