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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian and Swedish : topographic or ornamental name, from os ‘river mouth’ or ås ‘hill’, ‘ridge’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’.
  • Probably a respelling of Swedish Åsberg, an ornamental name composed of the elements ås ‘ridge’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

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