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Fossum

Updated: April 16, 2025
Updated: April 16, 2025

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead so named, especially in eastern Norway. The farm name, Forsheimr in Old Norse, is composed of the elements fors ‘waterfall’ + heimr ‘homestead’.

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