No, not at all common. And in this case it is not his name but his occupation ("Yrke"). BTW, it should really be Kjøbmand, with o-slash. // Bo Johansson "; abu jason" <[email protected]> posted: > Were occupational names common as family names in the Nordic > area? > > For instance "Kjobmand " only gives abt 88 hits on Google. > And many are for the same person... > > > "Bo Johansson" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Kjobmand = merchant, businessman, tradesman >> // Bo Johansson > >> Bruce Huffine <[email protected]> posted: > > ---SNIP--- >>> One last question. The census for 1865 has a column listing >>> of Yrke under which GGF has listed. What does Kjobmand >>> mean?