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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of the numerous farmsteads throughout Norway named Fossen, from the definite form of foss ‘waterfall’ (from Old Norse fors).
  • German : variant of Fassen, a short form of Servatius (see Faas 3).

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