Where Does the Andreasen Surname Come From?

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Andersen surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Andersen could easily become Andreasen. Its meaning, shared with Andersen, is “Son of Andrew”.

Records show Andreasen as one of the forms Andersen took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Andreasen with 2,963 bearers, at rank 10,765.

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