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Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Pages in category "Danish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
In the table, the top surnames in Denmark are listed as of 1971, [2] 2012 [3] and 2022. [4] In 2016, longtime most popular name Jensen was overtaken by Nielsen. [5] The general tendency over the past century has been to give up the commonest names and adopt less frequently-used ones.
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Pages in category "Surnames of Danish origin" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aabye;
Surnames of Danish origin (1 C, 36 P) F. Surnames of Finnish origin (1 C, 100 P) N. Surnames of Norwegian origin (1 C, 55 P) S. Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P)
In Denmark, the most common suffix is -gaard — the modern spelling is gård in Danish and can be either gård or gard in Norwegian, but as in Sweden, archaic spelling persists in surnames. The most well-known example of this kind of surname is probably Kierkegaard (combined by the words "kirke/kierke" (= church) and "gaard" (= farm) meaning ...
E – "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) [citation needed] Fitz – (Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin " filius" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [citation needed]