Behrendsen Family Crest and Last Name Background

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Meaning of the name

Records tie Behrendsen closely to Behrens. In origin, the name means “Son of Bernd (Bernhard)”.

Behrendsen adds -dsen to the root of Behrens, a common way of forming related surnames. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Behrendtsen, Behrensen and Behrends. 213 Americans were listed as Behrendsen in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.

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