The Stensland Surname

Stensland Name Meaning and History

Norwegian: habitational name from any of twenty-five or more farmsteads, notably in Agder, Rogaland, and Hordaland, so named from stein ‘stone’ (or the same word as a personal name) + land ‘land’.

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The Stensland name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the Stensland family name as far back in history as possible.

Stensland Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of Stensland Families in the US in 1920

Number of Stensland families

15-27

6-14

1-5

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Thread	Author	Replies
Stensland's buried Cass Cty, North Dakota	sleuthesthedead	0
Gertrude Stensland	Bjarne33	0
Looking for info on Gertrude Stensland b. 1834	Ernest Stangeland	0
Albert C. Stensland North Dakota 1930	bgmeyers380	0
Stensland NY or Chicago	B_Kranz	3
Simon Stensland	grandpadon47	0
STENSLAND/STEINSLAND	nancystensland24	2
stensland family	SuziBaker	3
Stensland of Ore. or Wa.	eiken	0

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