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Pedersen
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English
Etymology
As a Danish and Norwegian surname, borrowed from en da - and en no Pedersen. Compare en Petersen.
As an English surname, variant of en Peterson.
Proper noun
s
en.
Derived terms
en Pedersen device
Statistics
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
Anagrams
en deeenprs preneeds
en surnames from Danish surnames from Norwegian
Danish
Etymology
Originally a patronymic from da Peder sen.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da common patronymics
Norwegian
Etymology
Originally a patronymic from no Peder sen.
Proper noun
no common patronymics