Vang

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Transferred use of the surname, originally a place name which derives from Old Norse vangr = 'garden', 'green home-field' [1]

Related Names

Vang Danish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Vang
Genitive: Vangs
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Vang
Genitive: Vangs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Vang
Genitive: Vangs

Further Information

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Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 11 people were named Vang (percentage of first or only given name: 45 %) [3]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Vang.


References

  1. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  2. Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)