Denmark

Denmark – General

Danskernes Navne [Web Page].
URL link to website.

Boldsen, J. L. (1992). Geographical distribution of some Danish surnames : reflections of social and natural selection. Journal of Biosocial Science, 24(4), 505-513.
Abstract: Geographical differences in the frequencies of eight common surnames in Jutland (Denmark) are analysed using data from telephone directories of 121 exchanges

Boldsen, J. (1985). Geographical distribution of selected surnames in Jutland. (Report No. Research Report 128). Århus: Matematisk institut, Aarhus universitet [Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, University of Aarhus].
Notes: Denmark

Danmarks Statistik. 2006. (Mest Populære for- Og Efternavne for Alle Danskere. [Web Page]. URL : link to website. [2006, July 23].

Degn, O. (1998-1999). The Fixation of the Danish patronymics in the 19th Century and the law. Onoma: Bibliographical & Information Bulletin, 34, 59-76.

Hornby, R. (1951). Danske navne : Traek af navngivningens historie. Koebenhavn: Udvalget for Folkeoplysnings Fremme : i kommission hos G.E.C.Gad.

Hornby, R. (1951). Navnebog : vore fornavne, hvorfra de stammer og hvad de betyder. Naervaerende haefte skulle ved sine kortfatted oplysninger om navnenes herkomst og betydning give et lille indblik i dansk navneskiks historie og derigennem give foraeldre ideer og vejledning ved navnevalget. Kobenhavn: Grafisk Vorlag.
Notes: 16pp

Hornby, R. (1978). Dansk personnavne. Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads Forlag.

Jørgensen, B. Stednavneordbog. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
Notes: check ref

Kristiansen, K. (1991). Danske ogenavne . Kobenhavn; Det Ny Lademann.

Meldgaard, E. V. (1983). Modern dansk personnavneskik : Fornavne, mellemnavne, slaegtsnavne [Modern Danish personal names : Forenames, middle names, surnames]. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, (1), 107-122.
Abstract: Lawson: "covers forenames, but also estimates 85,000 different surnames in Denmark, but 64% of the population is included in the 50 most common"

Meldgaard, E. V. (1984). De danske slaeghtnavnes historie : nyere tid [The history of Danish surnames since 1526]. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, (2), 39-53.
Abstract: Lawson: "1970 data show the 2/3 of the population have the 50 most common surnames"

Meldgaard, E. V. (1990). Studier i københavnske fornavne 1650-1950. København: Reitzel.
Notes: Denmark -Copenhagen (statistical)

Prinz, J. (1966-1967). Zur Frage slavischer Ors- und Perssonnamen auf süddanischen Inseln. To the Question of Slavic Place- and Personal Names on South Danish Islands, (33), 79-131.
Notes: Refs

Söndergaard, G. (1986). Egnskarakteristiske slaegtsnavne i Danmark [Danish names with local associations]. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, (4), 103-123.

Söndergaard, G. (1990). Computer databank of Danish names. Names, (38), 21-30.
Abstract: Lawson2: "Description of the Danish Central Civil Register which has data on 6.5 million people who have lived there since 1968",

Denmark – Genetics

Boldsen, J. L., & Lasker, G. W. (1996). Relationship of people across an international border based on an isonymy analysis across the German-Danish frontier. Journal of Biosocial Science, 28(2), 177-183.
Abstract: Abstract: Using lists of names of male personal telephone subscribers, isonymy was calculated within and between 29 contiguous areas in a north-to-south line extending 210 km south of Grindsted, Denmark. Each area shared some surname(s) with every other area.

Denmark – Sources

Royal Library [Web Page]. URL link to website.

Denmark – Statistics

Pedersen, B. H., & Weise, L. (1989). Fornavnebogen 12,500 navne på danske statsborgere i 150 år (Navnestudier No. nr. 30). Copenhagen: Reitzel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii)

Denmark – Faeroe Islands

Johansson, A. (2002). Aspects of the development of Faeroese personal names during 1000 years : a short overview. Onoma, (37), 251-266.

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