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skog Name Meaning and History

Swedish and Norwegian: from the vocabulary word skog ‘wood’, ‘copse’. In Norwegian, this is often a topographic name for someone who lived by a wood or copse, but as a Swedish surname it is generally ornamental.

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Distribution of skog Families in the US in 1920
Number of skog families
 28-54
 10-27		 1-9
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Threads: 12 - Messages: 29
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Nels Skog (Larson,Woods) of Malmo, Sweden Margery Baker 3
Skog/Skag, Jenny - Koochiching Co. Minnesota delila4189 0
Skog family Sharon Lawton 12
Obit. Arvid Kent Skog KayRomubio 0
Skog family from Norway Toril Sibbern 0
The Skog family fram Norway Tess 1
William Matt Skog's relatives Anna (Skog) Doty 1
Skog family from Minnesota Sarah Ashley 0
Catherina Andersdotter Skog(1757-1826) richard_legge 0
Skog pilgrimspa1 0
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