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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of Danish Endersen, a patronymic from the personal name Endricht, probably of Low German or Frisian origin.
  • Altered spelling of Norwegian Endresen, a common patronymic from Endre, from the Old Norse personal name Eindri{dh}i, composed of the elements ein ‘one’, ‘sole’ + ri{dh}i ‘rider’.
  • English : variant of Anderson, a patronymic from the personal name Anders.

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