The amundsen Surname

amundsen Name Meaning and History

Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from a Nordic personal name {O,}gmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’. Compare Hammond.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The amundsen name in History

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Distribution of amundsen Families in the US in 1920

Number of amundsen families

19-35

7-18

1-6

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Thread	Author	Replies
Roald Amundsen	Johanna Himberg	24
Amundsen, Capt. Roald-Norway	suebod	0
Me as a Amundses	taylramundson	0
Ole Amundsen - Martin Olsen	jess2003me	1
Roald Amundsen's family and cousins adopted daughters	Leslie Kaardal	8
Lillian Amundsen (Lund)	kelceyhamilton	0
Lillian Amundsen (also went by Lund)	myrna klingner	1
Lillian Lund (Amundsen)	kelceyhamilton	0
Agnes Amundsen	caserio	2
Gus Amundsen of Galveston, TX. in 1900	BasketLady420	0

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