Osen
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Frequency: (147)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: from Old French oison ‘gosling’.
2. German (Ösen): patronymic from the personal name Öser (see Oser).
3. German: habitational name from Oese near Hemer.
4. Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named from the definite singular form of os, Old Norse óss ‘river mouth’.
5. Swedish: probably an ornamental name, of unexplained origin.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 6%; German 4%. Arlis, Berger, Lars; Bernhard.
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