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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Trøndelag, probably named from Vang, a river name of unknown origin, + berg ‘mountain’.
  • Swedish : ornamental name from a place-name element vång ‘field’, ‘meadow’ + berg ‘mountain’.

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