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.
- JensenSon of Jens — the Danish John.
- AndersenSon of Anders — and the fairy-teller's name.
- PedersenSon of Peder — the old Danish Peter.
- ChristensenSon of Christen — son of the Christian.
- SørensenSon of Søren — a name with no English door.
- RasmussenSon of Rasmus — son of Erasmus.
- JørgensenSon of Jørgen — the Danish George.
- PetersenSon of Peter — the formal twin of Pedersen.
- MadsenSon of Mads — the Danish Matthew.
- MortensenSon of Morten — and the Martinmas goose.
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