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[Surname] Re: Help I know NOTHING about this name
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I searched for the name on ancestry.com and it said Erdal is most likely Norwegian or Swedish.
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Arie is right, this is a Norwegian surname. It is also a place name, there are five or more places called Erdal in Norway. Doubtless the DAL component means "valley".
However Erdal is also a Turkish surname with a different meaning, and possibly German too.
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