Genealogy - Where is your name located?

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Surname: Wium

DENMARK 22.11
NORWAY 14.99
NEW ZEALAND 3.22
CANADA 3.21
AUSTRIA 1.59
UNITED STATES 0.18
UNITED KINGDOM 0.02

Interesting that there is no mention of Iceland, which is where my father's family came from (by way of Denmark 500 years earlier). You can still find the Wium surname in the Reykjavík phone book, though there are more in Akureyri. Because the name has Danish roots no "son" or dottir" is added. There are also some Wium's in South Africa.

My Mom's family is Irish--very Irish.

I like to say I'm my own master and slave

This site doesn't count Iceland in. I typed my surname, but it only showed the other Nordic pupulation who bear it but not Iceland. The -son and -dóttir names are not family names, because your fathers name comes before the -son or -dóttir. If you are a woman and your father's name is Kristján, for example, your last name would be Kristjánsdóttir( daughter of Kristján) ,however, if you ware a man your last name would be Kristjánsson (son of Kristján). But on the other hand, -sen can sometimes be a familyname because -sen is the ending of some nordic family names and some people have those , for example the soccer player Eidur Gudjohnsen wich plays with FC Barcelona. His father's name isn't Gudjohn so thats a family name. Most people here only have the -son or dóttir name and not family names.

I know I'm going into another subject but I just wanted to tell you how the surnames work here in Iceland