where does the last name andersen originate from
Danish Norwegian
title: Guest (surname) text: Guest (surname) The surname Guest is derived from the Old English word "giest", which in turn comes from the Old Norse word "gestr", both of which mean "guest" or "stranger." Spelling variations may include Gest, Geste, Gueste, Ghest, Geest, Geeste, Gist, Ghost, Jest. Other European counterparts to the name include the German and Dutch "Gast", Luxembourgish "Gaascht", Swedish "Gäst", Norwegian "Gjest", Serbian and Slovakian "Gost", Czech "Host", etc. Among the various theories on last name origins, according to the book "The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America" by H.S. King title: Guest (surname) text: 1840. Guest (surname) The surname Guest is derived from the Old English word "giest", which in turn comes from the Old Norse word "gestr", both of which mean "guest" or "stranger." Spelling variations may include Gest, Geste, Gueste, Ghest, Geest, Geeste, Gist, Ghost, Jest. Other European counterparts to the name include the German and Dutch "Gast", Luxembourgish "Gaascht", Swedish "Gäst", Norwegian "Gjest", Serbian and Slovakian "Gost", Czech "Host", etc. Among the various theories on last name origins, according to the book "The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America" by H.S. title: Duke (surname) text: were titled landholders who would have taken their last names from their estates. The surname Dukes translates literally as "Duke's son." Alternatively, it has been suggested by scholars that the surname is simply a shortened form of Marmaduke, which is from the Irish "Maelmaedoc", meaning 'servant of Maedoc.' St Maedoc was a Christian missionary in 7th Century Wales and Ireland. As a Plantation surname, it can be found primarily in east Ulster and has been Gaelicised as Diúc. References date back to the late Twelfth century, with Herbert le Duc, a member of the Knights Templar, using the Gallicized version title: Johansson text: Johansson Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning ""son of Johan"", or ""Johan's son"". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name. As of 2014, 91.2% of all known bearers of the surname "Johansson" were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:39), 2.5% of Finland (1:802), 1.5% of Norway (1:1,274), 1.4% of the United States (1:93,010) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:2,022). title: Latham (surname) text: Latham (surname) Latham (pronounced 'lay-thm') is an Old Scandinavian surname. The surname may derive from a place called "Latham". The word is related to a "(place of or by) the barns", related to the Old Norse "hlatha", barn. Lathom in Lancashire is recorded as "Latune" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and in the 1201 Pipe Rolls of the county as "Lathum". "Laytham" in East Yorkshire appears as "Ladone" in the Domesday Book. Locational surnames were usually acquired by those former inhabitants of a place who moved to another area, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their