Svensson
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish Svensson.
Proper noun
editSvensson (plural Svenssons)
- A surname from Swedish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Svensson is the 27556th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 874 individuals. Svensson is most common among White (95.77%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Svensson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Danish
editProper noun
editSvensson
- a surname from Swedish.
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- (contraction) S:son
Etymology
editOriginally a patronymic form Svens + -son "son of Sven".
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSvensson c (genitive Svenssons)
- a common surname originating as a patronymic. Often used to represent the average middle class Swede, such as in svenssonliv, literally "svensson life", but used to describe an average comfortable, usually suburban, lifestyle
- 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN:
- Ingen annan skulle komma på tanken att hon är en vanlig fru Svensson. Nu står det en hel flock svenssöner vid övergångstället, tre kvinnor och två män, och de har samlats i en liten grupp så långt borta från henne som de bara kan komma.
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Derived terms
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- English terms derived from Swedish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Swedish
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish surnames
- Danish surnames from Swedish
- Swedish terms suffixed with -son
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish surnames
- Swedish surnames from patronymics
- Swedish terms with quotations