Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname.
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician. He served as Norwegian Minister of the Army twice in the 1870s, and was the director-general of the Norwegian State Railways from 1883 to 1899.
Petersen is a common Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:
Aall is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christiansen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christian. The spelling variant Kristiansen has identical pronunciation. Christiansen is the sixteenth most common name in Denmark, but is shared by less than 1% of the population.
Carlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Carlsson and Karlsson.
Lina is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Karlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Karl", an Old German given name. The form Carlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Karlsson and Carlsson. People with the surname include:
Svendsen is a Danish and Norwegian surname. It was originally a patronymic which means "son of Svend".
Jakobson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Jakob". Notable people with the surname include:
Honoratus Bonnevie was a Norwegian politician.
Honoratus Bonnevie was a Norwegian physician.
Carl Siegfried Bonnevie was a Norwegian naval officer.
Hartvig Caspar Christie was a Norwegian mineralogist and physicist.
Bang is both a Scandinavian surname as well as a Korean surname. The Scandinavian surname is derived from the Old Norse banga which means to pound or hammer. The Korean surname is cognate to the Chinese surname Fāng (方). Notable people with the surname include:
Kaas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Carli is a nickname and given name. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Motzfeldt is a Scandinavian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Calle is a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish masculine given name, nickname and surname that is a diminutive form of Carl and Karl and an alternate form of Kalle. Calle is a surname with Spanish, English, Irish, Scottish, and German origins. Its Spanish origins are from the Spanish word calle, which means street and traces its origins back to Santander, Spain. a derive Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Schröter or Schroeter is a German surname, a variant of Schröder. It may also be written without diacritics as Schroter. It is an occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor. Notable people with the surname include:
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