Frequency: (301)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Altered spelling of Norwegian Aas, Ås, habitational names from any of numerous farmsteads so named from Old Norse áss ‘hill’, ‘ridge’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 9%. Egil, Erik, Eyvind, Nels.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
