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Are most Scandinavian surnames in the US a product of direct immigration from Scandinavian countries or did they come to the US via the Viking presence in Britain?

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Are most Scandinavian surnames in the US a product of direct immigration from Scandinavian countries or did they come to the US via the Viking presence in Britain?	17
I heard about the importance of the ethnic German vote in the 1860 US presidential election. Was that the last time a white ethnic group was courted in such a specific fashion?	1