From Johnson to Lieser, here are the 20 most common surnames found in Stearns County.

Everybody knows that Minnesota is home of the Vikings -- both culturally and per our NFL football team. So it should come as no surprise that most of the surnames found on the following list are of Scandinavia origin, though you'll also find a smattering of English, Irish, German and other European heritages as well.

Per Forebears.com, here are the 20 most common last names in Stearns County (last updated 2014):

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency
1	Johnson	1,391	1:113
2	Anderson	1,029	1:153
3	Meyer	840	1:188
4	Olson	650	1:242
5	Nelson	641	1:246
6	Miller	584	1:270
7	Peterson	520	1:303
8	Smith	501	1:314
9	Schmitz	451	1:349
10	Schneider	440	1:358
11	Schmidt	393	1:401
12	Heinen	369	1:427
13	Klaphake	368	1:428
14	Hansen	360	1:438
15	Larson	358	1:440
15	Thompson	358	1:440
17	Fischer	354	1:445
18	Weber	340	1:463
19	Theisen	334	1:472
20	Lieser	329	1:479

According to the Stearns County Government website, Stearns County was established in 1855. For sake of comparison, here are the 20 most common last names in Stearns County 25 years later in 1880:

1	Smith	198	1:111
2	Miller	158	1:139
3	Johnson	119	1:185
4	Brown	88	1:250
5	Olson	83	1:265
6	Meyer	73	1:301
7	Becker	63	1:349
8	Kramer	60	1:366
9	Theisen	59	1:372
10	Weber	57	1:385
11	Campbell	54	1:407
12	Davis	53	1:414
13	Nelson	52	1:422
14	Halvorson	49	1:448
15	Clark	47	1:467
15	Barrett	47	1:467
17	Anderson	46	1:478
17	Gray	46	1:478
19	Ethen	45	1:488
19	Baker	45	1:488