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The origin of the distinguished Oleson family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Oleson is derived from the Scandianavian personal name Oleifr, which also took the forms Olaf, Olof, and Olav. This name is composed of the elements ans, which means god, and leifr, which means relic. The suffix -sson and its variants are translatable as son of.

Oleson Ranking

In the United States, the name Oleson is the 8,263rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

United States Oleson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Oleson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Eastern Oleson, who arrived in Minnesota in 1869 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Oleson (post 1700) +

  • Bradley Scott Oleson (b. 1983), American-born professional basketball player
  • Pete Oleson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960 3
  • Otto K. Oleson, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Los Angeles, California, 1954-63 (acting, 1954-55) 3
  • Otto Herman Oleson, American politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives; Member of New Hampshire State Senate 1st District 3
  • Ole Oleson Sr., American politician, Member of South Dakota State Senate 2nd District, 1895-96 3
  • M. R. Oleson, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1928 3
  • G. Oleson, American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 14th District, 1867 3
  • Andrew R. Oleson, American politician, Member of Nebraska State Senate, 1901; Delegate to Nebraska State Constitutional Convention, 1919-20 3
  • Andrew H. Oleson, American Democratic Party politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1891-92, 1897-98; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912 3
  • Charlotte Oleson (b. 1932), Canadian politician in Manitoba
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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