Pedersen
English
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Etymology
[edit]- As a Danish and Norwegian surname, borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Pedersen. Compare Petersen.
- As an English surname, variant of Peterson.
Proper noun
[edit]Pedersen (plural Pedersens)
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pedersen is the 1780th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20135 individuals. Pedersen is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pedersen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a patronymic from Peder + -sen.
Proper noun
[edit]Pedersen
- a common surname originating as a patronymic
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a patronymic from Peder + -sen.
Proper noun
[edit]Pedersen
- a common surname originating as a patronymic
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Danish
- English terms derived from Danish
- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Danish
- English surnames from Norwegian
- Danish terms suffixed with -sen
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish surnames
- Danish surnames from patronymics
- Norwegian terms suffixed with -sen
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian surnames
- Norwegian surnames from patronymics