Top 20 Most Common Last Names in Minnesota...Are You On The List?

There's an old Ole and Lena joke that goes something like this...

Ole is on his deathbed. The doctor has told him he has only a few hours to live. He catches the scent of his favorite bars wafting through the air. With all the strength he can muster, he drags himself into the kitchen and sees a fresh pan cooling on the rack. He cuts one out and bites into the scrumptious cookie. Lena comes in, smacks his hand, and says, "Shame on you, Ole! Dese are for after de funeral!"

It's a great joke, one told roughly a billiondy times in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wiscannsin. Maybe South Dakota. Hard to tell. They're maybe too sensible to jokes. But anyway, then, I heard that joke last night, and it got me thinking, is Minnesota still really very Scandahoovian (as some old folks say) or have the Johnsons and Olson's moved on? ?

This list comes from Forebears.io, and yah, lotsa Scandanavian influence here, don'tchyaknow. Just look at all those Johnsons would ya?