Frequency: (429)
(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 twenty-five or more farmsteads, notably in Agder, Rogaland, and Hordaland, so named from stein ‘stone’ (or the same word as a personal name) + land ‘land’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 5%. Lars (2), Erik, Knut, Per.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
