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Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Surnames of Scandinavian origin" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Norwegian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 898 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the first period of recorded history the island was occupied by Celtic speaking peoples and later Christianised by Irish missionaries. By the 9th century Vikings, generally from Norway, ruled the island: Old Norse speaking settlers intermarried with the Gaelic speaking native population, and Norse personal names found their way into common Manx usage.
After this, the use of hereditary surnames in the cities accelerated—by 1865, the vast majority of citizens of Trondheim had hereditary surnames, and by the beginning of the 20th century most of the urban population in Norway had hereditary surnames, although non-hereditary patronymics were often used in addition to the family name. The 19th ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Norman origin" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anquetil;
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In Dutch linguistics, many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname. Although these words, tussenvoegsels , are not strictly essential to state the person's surname, they are nevertheless a part of the surname and are almost always included for clarity.