Nielsen (surname)

Nielsen Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝lsn̩] is a Danish patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Niels, Niels being the Danish version of the Greek male given name Νικόλαος, Nikolaos (cf. Nicholas). It is the most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 5% of the population.[1] It is also used in Norway, although the forms Nelsen and Nilsen are more common.[2] In Sweden the parallel form is Nilsson. Nielsen is also in use in the Faroe Islands. The frequent occurrences of Nielsen as a surname outside Denmark[3] is due to emigration. Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes changed the spelling to Nielson, Nelsen, Nelson, Neilson, or Neilsen.

People
gollark: PotatOS computers unconditionally accept anything which goes over their control websocket, but the backend server will ignore you if you have the wrong key.
gollark: No, that's not how it works.
gollark: In fact, no, that's not even the most recent one since I launched the whole dynamic keying thing.
gollark: It is probably one of the old ones, but it's not worked... probably since I launched SPUDNET-HKI.
gollark: <@!369987447276437523> That backdoor key doesn't actually *work*.

See also

References
  1. Statistics Denmark
  2. Statistics Norway
  3. University of Copenhagen - Name Research Section
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