Olsen Family History
Olsen Name Meaning
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name
Olaf, Olav (Old Norse Óláfr,
Ólafr, variant Óleifr, earlier Anleifr,
from proto-Scandinavian elements meaning ‘ancestor’ + ‘heir’,
‘descendant’). Olaf has always been one of the most common
Scandinavian names; it continued to be popular in the Middle Ages, in
part as a result of the fame of St. Olaf, King of Norway, who brought
Christianity to his country c.1030. This surname, the second
most common in Norway, is also established in England, notably in the
Newcastle upon Tyne area.German (Ölsen):
habitational name from any of several places so named, in Saxony,
Brandenburg, and the Rhineland.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Olsen
Name Distribution of Olsen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Olsen families
 844 - 1,685  282 - 843 |
 1 - 281  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Olsen families
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56 - 109 19 - 55 |
1 - 18 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Olsen families
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12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Olsen Family Origin
Olsen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Olsen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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