Frequency: (101)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Norwegian (Århus): habitational name from any of 15 or so farms so named, from Old Norse á ‘river’ + hús ‘house’, ‘farmstead’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 10%; German 5%. Karsten (2); Kurt.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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