Nordic
Danish family heritage
The Scandinavian peoples, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Danish heritage is now on the map, the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Danish heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Danish names already in the atlas
- NielsenSon of Niels, the commonest name in Denmark.Nielsen surname meaning & origin โ
- JensenSon of Jens, the Danish John.Jensen surname meaning & origin โ
- AndersenSon of Anders, and the fairy-teller's name.Andersen surname meaning & origin โ
- PedersenSon of Peder, the old Danish Peter.Pedersen surname meaning & origin โ
- ChristensenSon of Christen, son of the Christian.Christensen surname meaning & origin โ
- SรธrensenSon of Sรธren, a name with no English door.Sรธrensen surname meaning & origin โ
- RasmussenSon of Rasmus, son of Erasmus.Rasmussen surname meaning & origin โ
- JรธrgensenSon of Jรธrgen, the Danish George.Jรธrgensen surname meaning & origin โ
- PetersenSon of Peter, the formal twin of Pedersen.Petersen surname meaning & origin โ
- MadsenSon of Mads, the Danish Matthew.Madsen surname meaning & origin โ
- MortensenSon of Morten, and the Martinmas goose.Mortensen surname meaning & origin โ
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