Surnames
Welcome fellow genealogists and possible cousins! Below you’ll find the various surnames I’m researching, and info about some families and individuals with those names. The various branches of my extended (direct and side branches) family come from:
- Kingdom of Norway: Møre og Romsdal (mostly Sunnmøre) and others (1400s-2000s);
- Germany: Bayern (1800s-1900s) and Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1500s);
- The United Kingdom/Great Britain: England (1800s), Scotland (1800s), and Wales (1700s); and
- The United States: California, Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, and other states (1800s-2000s).
General Statistics
| (Last updated December 2012) | |
| Individuals: | 2,134 |
| Families: | 613 |
| Surnames: | 368 |
| Suffixes: | 211 |
Since some farm suffixes later became surnames, the “Surnames” and “Suffixes” lists here are not mutually exclusive. Spelling variations (Oxvigen, Oksvig, Opsvik, etc.) are also listed separately.
If you have questions about these surnames or farm-name suffixes, or are curious if our families match, please feel free to contact me at eric@scribbledchronicles.com. As I keep delving into my own family, I’ll periodically update these lists.
My Lineage From Sunnmøre Families
BLINDHEIMSNES / BLINDEMSNES / BLINDHEIMS / BLINDEMS
since before 1792: Borgund, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 4th great-grandfather through great-grandmother, plus branches
FURSET
since before 1530: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 11th great-grandfather through 3rd great-grandfather, plus branches
GISKE / GIDSKØ / GISKEØDEGÅRD
from 850 to after 1170: Giske, Sunnmøre (Sunnmæra), Kingdom of Norway
• unverified 33rd great-grandfather through unverified 22nd great-grandfather, plus branches
• (nine missing generations between Giske after 1170 and Overå before 1460: see “The Wrong Side of History“.)
since 1804: Giske (Borgund), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Kingdom of Norway
• 2nd great-grandfather’s first father-in-law through great-grandaunts, plus branches
• 2nd great-grandaunt’s mother-in-law through cousins three-times-removed, plus branches
since 1923: King / Pierce Counties, Washington, USA
• Cousins three-times-removed through third-cousins once-removed, plus branches
HARHAM / HARAM
since 1766: Haramsøy (Harhamsøy), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 4th great-grandfather through third cousins, plus branches
since 1935: Polk / Rock / Ramsey Counties, Minnesota, USA
• Cousins once-removed, second cousins, and further generations
HELSEM
since before 1505: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 12th great-grandfather through 10th great-grandfather, plus branches
• 8th great-grandfather through 5th great-grandmother, plus branches
KJØLÅS
since before 1550: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 11th great-grandfather through second cousins, plus branches
LANGLO / LANGELOE
since 1550: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 9th great-grandfather through 7th great-grandmother, plus branches
• 7th great-grandmother through 4th great-grandmother, plus branches
LAUSUND
since before 1725: Haramsøy (Harhamsøy), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 6th great-grandfather through 3rd great-grandmother, plus branches
MÖCHELBUST / MYKLEBUST
since 1540: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 11th great-grandfather through great-grandmother, plus branches
OXVIG / OXVIGEN / OXVIK / OKSVIK / OPSVIK / OPSVIG
since 1575: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 9th great-grandfather through 8th great-grandfather, plus branches
• 6th great-grandmother through great-grandfather, plus branches
OVERÅ
since before 1460: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 12th great-grandfather through 3rd great-grandfather, plus branches
RINGSTAD
since before 1420: Stranda (Stranden), Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 16th great-grandfather through 8th great-grandmother, plus branches
Surnames List
| Number | Surname |
| 135 | Olsen |
| 115 | Pedersdatter |
| 111 | Pedersen |
| 99 | Olsdatter |
| 55 | Knutsen, Larssen |
| 51 | Larsdatter |
| 45 | Giske |
| 36 | Knutsdatter |
| 33 | Deans |
| 30 | Ellingsen |
| 27 | Iversdatter |
| 24 | Jonsen, Oxford |
| 23 | Davison, Iversen |
| 21 | Haram |
| 19 | Jonsdatter, Knudsdatter |
| 18 | Hansdatter, Larsen, Pedersdatter, Sjursen, Theda |
| 17 | Andersdatter, Rasmusdatter, Rasmussen |
| 16 | Nilssen |
| 15 | Knudsen, Monsdatter, Schmidt, Solli |
| 14 | Nielsen, Tait |
| 13 | Nilsdatter, Petersen, Sjursdatter |
| 12 | Hanssen |
| 11 | Hansen, Jorgensen, Nielsdatter |
| 10 | Anderssen, Johannesdatter, Monssen |
| 9 | Arnesen, Blindheimsnes, Ellingsdatter, Moulton, Nilsen, Rasmusen, Rehbein, Tormodsen |
| 8 | Frone, Grebstad, Ingebriktsdatter, Ingebriktsen, Karlsdatter, Klaussen, Sigurdson, Steffensen, Tormodsdatter |
| 7 | Amundsen, Andreasdatter, Eriksen, Ertel, Freeman, Gundersen, Halvorsen, Johannessen, Johansen, Jørgensen, Pettersdatter, Serkvidsen |
| 6 | Andersen, Anfinnsdatter, Anfinnson, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Jensdatter, Johansdatter, Melseth, Monsen, Paulsen, Schumaker |
| 5 | Abelvik, Andreassen, Axtell, Bretanusen, Harris, Ingebrigtsdatter, Jørgensdatter, Kristofferson, Myklebust, Steffensdatter, Torsen |
| 4 | Ågeson, Andersson, Arnesdatter, Berentsen, Berreth, Carr, Christopherson, Edvardsen, Färber, Gutormsdatter, Halkjellsen, Henning, Ingebrigtson, Joakimsdatter, Karlsen, Klausdatter, Lassesen, Mariusdatter, Roald, Sætre, Saty, Stefensen, Szopo, Toresdatter, Vegsund |
| 3 | Barrett, Berntsdatter, Betz, Bosman, Bowers, Bretanusdatter, Carlson, Dubois, Edvardsdatter, Hemrich, Ingebrictsen, Ingebrigtsen, Johnsdatter, Kolbeinsen, Kristoffersdatter, Martinusdatter, Martinussen, Pederson, Rotkjær, Samundsen, Serkvidsdatter, Steinersen, Stinson, Zachariasson |
| 2 | Akslen, Anfindsdatter, Aurdal, Bastiansdatter, Berntsen, Bjørnøy, Bodvardsdatter, Bodvardsen, Bodvarsen, Christensdatter, Clausdatter, Eliasdatter, Erichsdatter, Erichsen, Gamelsen, Gundersdatter, Halkjellsdatter, Henricksdatter, Jacobsdatter, Jacobsen, Jakobsdatter, Jensen, Jetmundsdatter, Joakimsen, Johanisen, Kaiser, Kåresen, Kolbeinsdatter, Larsson, Mattison, Olufsen, Omundson, Persen, Pettersen, Rattray, Sæbjørnsdatter, Schofield, Siursdatter, Siversdatter, Stephensdatter, Stone, Thieda, Toresen, Torsdatter, Torsteinsen, Zakariasdatter, Zakariasson |
| 1 | Aagnesen, Ågesdatter, Anderasen, Andreasen, Anfindsen, Arensen, Aure, Bårdsen, Bastiansen, Bayer, Benden, Benson, Berentsdatter, Bertelsdatter, Bowles, Boyer, Bradley, Brockel, Brudevold, Carlsen, Chaloupka, Christensen, Clasdatter, Clasen, Clausen, Colbeth, Colquhoun, Crane, DeCormier, Didriksdatter, Eckman, Eirikson, Eliassen, Engelbritsen, Farrington, Flatjord, Flem, Furset, Gabrielson, Galligan, Gammelsdatter, Geitvik, Gillespie, Goe, Gregoriussen, Gulachsen, Gulliksen, Gunnarsdatter, Gunnarson, Habrildsdatter, Hagerup, Halchielsen, Halkielsen, Halsteinsdatter, Halvardsen, Halvordsen, Hammond, Hanstensen, Hastetler, Heil, Heil-Frone, Henrikson, Hesselgrove, Hillesland, Hognesdatter, Hoisington, Howe, Hurlen, Ingebrictsdatter, Ingebritsen, Ivarson, Jakobsen, Janecken, Johnsen, K____, Karolussen, Kastella, Klausen, Knüdsen, Knutson, Kristensdatter, Kristoffersen, Lager, Lambertsdatter, Lamson, Landøy, Larssdatter, Leth, Lid, Lorsdatter, Lorsen, Lundin, Madsdatter, Mariussen, Markham, Martinsdatter, McDermott, Mikkelson, Morton, Nelson, Nikolaisdatter, Nilsson, Norris, Olasdatter, Olavsdatter, Olavsen, Ottesen, Paulsdatter, Peterson, Petterson, Phelps, Podersen, Poulsen, Rafaelsdatter, Ramsusen, Rasmusson, Reinbold, Rødset, Sacchariasdatter, Sachariasdatter, Sæbjørnsen, Salamonsdatter, Salamonsen, Salmundsdatter, Salomonsdatter, Samundsdatter, Sandø, Schlosser, Sehjerning, Serkvidsatter, Seversen, Shutt, Siem, Sigurdsdatter, Sivensen, Siversen, Sjong, Sjurson, Skjong, Smith, Sonnichsen, Sorensen, Sørensen, Sørli, Stager, Stefensdatter, Steinersdatter, Stephensen, Storkersen, Strømsheim, Styrksdatter, Styrksen, Svensdatter, Svensen, Sylvfestsdatter, Synnes, Syrksen, Syversen, Tapkins, Thomassen, Thomson, Thoresdatter, Thoresen, Thorsdatter, Timberlake, Torgilsdatter, Torsteinsdatter, Torvaldsdatter, Torvallsen, Tostensdatter, Villumsdatter, Wagoner, Wisløff, Wygant, Yaconetti, Zachariasdatter |
Farm Names List
| Number | Farm Name |
| 103 | Kjølås |
| 100 | Opsvik |
| 97 | Ringstad |
| 80 | Overå |
| 57 | Myklebust |
| 55 | Furset |
| 50 | Haram, Lausund |
| 41 | Opshaug |
| 40 | Harham, Langlo |
| 35 | Helsem |
| 30 | Habostad, Røyr |
| 29 | Fausa |
| 25 | Rødset, Sve |
| 22 | Aurdal, Fjørstad, Gjerde |
| 21 | Emdal, Engeset |
| 20 | Holck, Overvoll |
| 18 | Vike |
| 17 | Berge, Giske, Holk |
| 16 | Andeberg, Ødegård, Oksvik |
| 15 | Giskegjærde |
| 13 | Emmedal, Hessegjerde, Rønstad |
| 12 | Espehjelle, Oxvigen |
| 11 | Lied, Möchelbust |
| 10 | Gidskeødegård, Synnæs |
| 9 | Blindemsnes, Longva, Melseth, Olsvik, Rösvig, Vangen |
| 8 | Grebstad, Lien |
| 7 | Brusdal, Hagen, Jelle, Øye, Sløgstad |
| 6 | Hjelle, Ous |
| 5 | Aakre, Barstad, Blindem, Grytten, Ljøen, Soop |
| 4 | Andestad, Berg, Grefstad, Klevberg, Klokk, Opsaug, Oxhau, Slettevold, Sletvold, Strømsem, Törlen |
| 3 | Aare, Berget, Blindheimsnes, Drege, Furset-Øvre, Langeloe, Langved, Lyshol, Oye, Stavdal, Ulla |
| 2 | Berdal, Bjørge, Bjørnøy, Blindemsnæs, Brunstad, Eidem, Flem, Fourseth, Gidkse, Hatlelid, Hatlelied, Herdal, Herdalen, Klokkerhaug, Linge, Lövold, Midtgaard, Nedregotten, Opsau, Prestødegård, Ramstad, Rønneberg, Skarböen, Skarstein, Stadheim, Strömme, Strømsheim, Svindset, Uksnøy, Ulle |
| 1 | Aasen, Abelsæth, Åkre, Almås, Arneberget, Aure, Aursnes, Bildt, Bille, Blindemsholm, Blindemsness, Blinheimsnes, Brevik, Brundslad, Brune, Dallen, Dingel, Dræge, Dügen, Emedalen, Erstad, Farstad, Fauske, Fiertoft, Flore, Fredslid, Geitvik, Gidskø, Giere, Giskeødegård, Gjørvad, Gorbster, Grimslid, Hallstad, Hammeren, Hangsot, Heggen, Helsen, Helset, Helstad, Hessegiære, Hessegiere, Hjelme, Hoel, Holmeset, Hove, Hurlen, Ivamen, Jarnes, Kiel, Kirkebø, Kjersgård, Kjorstadstol, Kleven, Knivsflaa, Korsnes, Learböen, Lid, Lie, Melem, Melset, Møll, Nedre-Berge, Nerem, Nørve, Ödegaarden, Ögaarden, Omenås, Oos, Ophaug, Ørskog, Øvrebust, Oxvig, Oxvik, Oyen, Reitebø, Ringset, Ringset-Øvre, Roald, Rødal, Røg, Röset, Rösing, Røsok-Harøy, Rypdal, Sæt, Sandnes, Scheen, Skarbø, Skodje, Slongstad, Slyngstad, Stadem, Stavseng, Støle, Svee, Talberg, Tretøye, Tronstad, Urkedal, Vedde, Veiberg, Vügen, Wiig, Wind |
I look forward to any questions or comments about these names at my email, eric@scribbledchronicles.com.
