Where is this surname from?

Question

Hey, I was wondering where my old family name Uhmusberg might be from. My older relatives say it's from the Netherlands, but I can't really find anyone from the Netherlands with that surname... I live in Finland, and have a Finnish surname nowadays, but I've been considering changing it back to the original.

So if anybody knows better, please tell me.

I know that my family has been living in Finland for the last two centuries, and before arriving to Finland my family stayed in Sweden, becoming a Finnish-Swede family.

Answer 1

It is Finland based.

Answer 2

you can go to ancestory.com and search and it will give facts about the surname.  usually will list something like so many thousands of ppl in 1939 were from ____ country with this name.

Answer 3

The only references I can find are in fact for Finland, the name appears to be, perhaps of German or Austrian origin.

I have just found this, it is Polish but I do not have a clue about what it says

uhmu

Wyrazy bliskoznaczne do uhmu:

uhmu,

Wpisy w katalogu zawierające słowo uhmu:

Podkategorie w katalogu zawierające słowo uhmu:

http://katalog-stron.spis-firm.info/s-11...

I've had a look at a Polish dictionary for 'uhmu' and

cannot find it, perhaps it is not Polish.

Answer 4

www.familysearch.org says about the surname Uhmusberg :

Uhmusberg  

From: Netherlands

Exact Spelling: Off    

No matches

However, there are 15 listings in Finland (a few are):

1.MATTS UHMUSBERG--Birth:  12 NOV 1848, in   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland ; his father--AND UHMUSBERG; Mother:  LENA ANDDR    

  

2. MATTS UHMUSBERG--Birth:  27 AUG 1827;    Christening:  02 SEP 1827   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland ;

  Father:  AND ERICSS UHMUSBERG

  Mother:  MARIA JOHSDR    

  

3. SUSANNA UHMUSBERG--Birth:  15 SEP 1847    

Christening:  19 SEP 1847   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland ;

Father:  AND UHMUSBERG

  Mother:  SANNA JOHDR

4. NIKOLAI WALBORGSSON UHMUSBERG--Christening:  18 APR 1858   Janakkala, Hame, Finland ;

Father:  ELIAS WALBORGSSON UHMUSBERG  Family

  Mother:  BEATA LISA ANDERSDR

5. MATTS UHMUSBERG--Birth:  27 FEB 1843    

  Christening:  05 MAR 1843   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland

Father:  AND MATTSS UHMUSBERG  

  Mother:  LENA ANDERSDR    

  

6.  ANDERS UHMUSBERG-- Birth:  06 DEC 1852; Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland;  Father:  JOHAN ANDSS UHMUSBERG,    

  Mother:  SANNA



7. ELISA UHMUSBERG--Birth:  04 FEB 1851    

Christening:  09 FEB 1851   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland

Father:  ANDERS UHMUSBERG

  Mother:  LENA ANDERSDR

8.LISA UHMUSBERG--Birth:14 SEP 1852,   Isokyro, Vaasa, Finland ; Father:  MATTS MATTSS UHMUSBERG &Mother:  MARIA    

  

That's just part of the listings. They all seem to be from 2 areas--Isokyro, Vaasa, ; and Janakkala, Hame. So, I'm wondering if they are all related??

    

Neither www.ancestry.com or www.rootsweb.com had any listings. I couldn't find any names similar even in the Netherlands, so it must have been long before decent records were kept if your family name originated there,