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Pages in category "Norwegian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 893 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There are also Norwegian surnames derived from the word land (Norwegian: country) such as Torland and Kverneland. [10] Today, surnames derived from patronymics are decreasing in popularity in favour of surnames derived from toponyms. In 2009, 22.4% of the Norwegian population had a surname with the suffix "-sen", while among the newborns of ...
Norwegian toponymic surnames (6 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Norwegian origin" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
Surnames of Norwegian origin (1 C, 54 P) S. Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Scandinavian origin" The following 71 pages are in ...
Pages in category "Norwegian noble families" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In Norway, for instance, there is an abundance of surnames based on coastal geography, with suffixes like -strand, -øy, -holm, -vik, -fjord or -nes. Like the names derived from farms, most of these family names reflected the family's place of residence at the time the family name was "fixed", however.
These different linguistic backgrounds are reflected in differing frequencies of surnames, as shown in the table below. On 31 December 1997 there were 316 295 different surnames in Belgium (total population: 11,521,238). Note — the following table contains the ten most common surnames in each of the three federal regions as of 1 January 2021 ...
Holm is a surname which originated in Scandinavia and Britain. Holm is derived from the Old Norse word holmr meaning a small island. [ citation needed ] Also Norwegian , Swedish , and Danish