Natvig
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Frequency: (143)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several places so named. One example, in Sogn, is named with Old Norse naddr ‘stud’, ‘nail’ (relating to the shape of a headland) + vik ‘bay’, ‘inlet’; another, in Agder, is from Old Norse knŏttr ‘hummock’ + vik; and a third, in Sunnmøre is from not ‘nut’ + vik.
GIVEN NAME Scandinavian 5%. Juel.
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