Rasmusson
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Rasmusson
Frequency: (590)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German and Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Erasmus.
2. Americanized spelling of Rasmussen.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 4%. Britt, Hjalmer, Juel, Petter.
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