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Yes it certainly can be. The name Anderson (or its variations) originates in Scandinavia and travelled to Scotland with the Danes. It was a popular name in the Lowlands & Borderlands of Scotland. Many of these Scots migrated to Ulster (in Ireland) from the beginning of the 1600's. After a few generations these Scottish settlers in Ulster became the people known as the Scots-Irish (or Ulster Scots). Anderson is a common name in Ulster. After a few more generations many of the Scots-Irish migrated to America, especially between the years 1717 & 1770.

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