Where does “Larson” come from?

Larson is an English surname derived from Lawrence, which comes from Latin Laurentius, originally meaning "from Laurentum," a town in ancient Italy.

Ancestry of “Larson”, step by step

Larson traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Larsson

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishLarsson—
2SwedishLars—
3Swedishsonson; someone's male child
4Old Swedishsonson
5Old Norsesonrson
6Proto-Germanicsunuzson
7Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

via Danish Larsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishLarsen—
2DanishLars—

via Norwegian Larsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NorwegianLarsen—
2NorwegianLars—

Words derived from “Larson”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Old Norse sonr →