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The engelson Surname

engelson Name Meaning and History

  1. Swedish: patronymic from a short form of the Germanic personal name Engelbert.
  2. Partly Americanized form of German Engelsohn, a patronymic from Engel 1.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Engelsohn ‘son of an angel’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of engelson Families in the US in 1840
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    Engelson dramaqueen933 3
    Fleuss family lywoodh4750 0
    David Engelson and Mamie Kless, b. Russia lived in NY or NJ artsmart47 4
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