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Re: my last name"Wickander"
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Could it be an americanisation of the Swedish Vikander?
You can read something about -ander names here:
http://www.genealogi.se/namneng.htm
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My first reaction was that it is a Swedish name - Wickander, Vikander, Wikander...
If I am not mistaken its the name of a Swedish actor (or possibly the name of the detective character he plays on Swedish television).
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