OLSEN: Origin of last name and genealogy
All you have to know about the last name OLSEN
Last name frequency
OLSEN : This last name is indexed 7,237,628 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
OLSEN : 1: Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Ole a short form of Olaf Olav (see Olafsen). This surname is the third most common in Norway. It is also established in northeastern England and in northern Germany. Compare Ohlsen Olesen Oleson and Olson.2: German (Ölsen): habitational name from any of several places so named in Saxony Brandenburg and the Rhineland.
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