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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 .
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 ...
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 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sven, a Nord character in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; Sven and Ole, a character in a type of joke told by Scandinavian-Americans; Sven Joergenson, Sven Pilson and Sven Johansson, from the series How I Met Your Mother; Sven, the name of PewDiePie's pet wolf in his Minecraft YouTube series
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For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).