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Origin: Sulsona appears to have derived from the name Solsona. Solsona is a town in the Catalonia province of Northeastern Spain. Located approximately 70 km NNE from Barcelona, Solsona was mentioned in Roman times and was referred to as 'Celsano.' This information can be found in 'La Encyclopedia Illustrada de Espana.' I located this information at the library at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
Surnames: Solsona, Sulsona
Submitted by: Jack Sulsona
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: in norway, your surname would be a patronym -- the name olsen, is actually 'ole's son', so, if you were named 'peter', and your father was 'ole', you would be 'peter olsen'..if you were female, and you were ole's daughter, your name would be 'olsdatter'...get it?
Surnames: Ollson, Olsdatter, Olsen, Olson, Olssen
Submitted by: karen johansen
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: Norway
Surnames: olson
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Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: Pa
Surnames: Nicholson
Submitted by: Joel Nicholson
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: Peter O Olson, born April29,1860 Sylvasborg, Sweden. Died August 11, 1931 in Morrison, Illinois
Surnames: Olson
Submitted by: Ronald Olson
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: In the case of the Swedish origin of the last name Olson, it is still patriarchal but more likely to come from Son of Olaf.
Surnames: Olson
Submitted by: Colin Olson
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: Norse viking Uv (sten = farm in Swedish) croft = farm in old english. Uvsten = a viking farmer turned warrior, then taking up farming in England becomes Uvstencroft.
Surnames: Uvstencroft, Woolsoncroft
Submitted by: Maurice Woolsoncroft
Origin of olson, Meaning of olson
Origin: Dolson--Meaning was from the DEVies and also Defsen fom Holland(duch) name changed to Dolson DolsenDalson Dalsen
Surnames: Dolson-Dolsen-Dalsen-Dalson
Submitted by: Dolson
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