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Pages in category "Finnish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 904 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory.
Finland Swedish surnames (4 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Finnish origin" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".
The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.
Surnames of Finnish origin (1 C, 100 P) N. Surnames of Norwegian origin (1 C, 54 P) S. Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Surnames of ...
Finnish-language surnames (2 C, 903 P) N. Norwegian-language surnames (891 P) S. Swedish-language surnames (750 P) Pages in category "Sámi-language surnames"
-aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...
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