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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 .
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
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 ...
More recent sources of surnames are Parish records from the beginning of the 17th century. [ 3 ] Arthur William Moore analysed the origin of Manx surnames in use at the beginning of the 19th century: of 170 surnames, about 100 (65 percent) are of Celtic origin while about 30 (17.5 percent) were of Norse-Gaelic origin.
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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