大多数丹麦人以前没有姓氏

丹麦也和日本、土耳其一样,以前很多人都没有姓氏,直到1856年颁布法律才让全国起姓。

About two-thirds of all Danes have a surname ending in –sen. Today, on the list of most common Danish surnames, no less than the 21 top names end with –sen, and out of the top 50 names, only five are not –sen names. Up until a few generations ago, only wealthy or aristocratic Danes got to have a family surname. However, in 1856, Denmark passed a law that all citizens should be identified by two names, one being a family surname, so most people ended up having a surname ending in –sen.
约三分之二的丹麦人的姓氏是以-sen结尾的。如今在最常见的丹麦姓氏中,不少于21个姓氏是以-sen结尾的,而在前50个最常见的姓氏中,只有5个不是以-sen结尾的。在几代人之前,只有富人或丹麦贵族才有家族姓氏。然而,1856年丹麦通过了一项法律,它规定所有公民都应该有两个名字,其中一个是家族姓氏,所以大多数人的姓氏都以-sen结尾。

 

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