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Early Origins of the Noren family

The surname Noren was first found in various places throughout Sweden as the name is derived from the Old Norse word for north. The name was originally a topographic name adopted by someone who lived to the north of a main settlement. When surnames finally became mandatory in Sweden in the 19th century, Noren, or one of the many compound names created from it were often adopted ornamentally, that is, the bearers did not necessarily have any association with the meaning of the name. These compound names used such suffixes as "dahl" (valley), "stedt" (homestead), "ström" (river), and others.

Early History of the Noren family

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Noren Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Nord, Nordh, Noren, Norden, Norin, Nordin, Norell, Nordell, Norlin, Nordling, Norelius, Norberg, Nordberg, Norrby, Nordahl, Norqvist, Nordström and many more.

Early Notables of the Noren family

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Noren Ranking

In the United States, the name Noren is the 16,050th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Noren migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Noren Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • P M Noren, aged 42, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1831 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Noren (post 1700) +

  • Irving Arnold "Irv" Noren (1924-2019), American professional baseball and basketball player
  • Eric Noren (b. 1977), American director of films, commercials and music videos
  • Jack Noren (1929-1990), American jazz drummer and vocalist
  • Wendy Noren, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 2000 [3]
  • Alexander Norén (b. 1982), Swedish professional golfer on the European Tour


  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, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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