Genealogy | Slektsgranskning

My last name is rather rare (currently 30 people or so having it) so I figured I might as well look it up.
From the Norwegian census from 1910 there are 3 results, all Norwegian farmers. I did look up the other years too, but no results, as the name comes from the name of the farm they all lived at (meaning they probably weren't related, just lived at the same farm), I'll just guess the farm got a new name between 1900 and 1910 sometime?
I noticed one of them seemed to have lived a short period in Washington (but moved back). It made me curious, maybe I have American family out there?
I went to ancestry.com, and searched up my surname there, giving me two results from the "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" (under Immigration & Travel). To get further information, such as dates and locations I'd have to pay and register (darn it, Americans!).. I would love to get to know more about it, but my access to information is limited, it was interesting either way~
And, who knows? Maybe I really do have some American family?

Sondre i skikkelig profft skiantrekk!

Sondre Norheim
While looking around, I also discovered that Sondre Norheim got his surname from a part of that same farm my family is from! (I really wish he'd taken the farm's main-name though, so we'd share surname).
I shouldn't assume most people know who Sondre Nordheim is, but to quote wikipedia's entry on skiing:
"Norwegian Sondre Norheim is known as the "father of modern skiing" (the originator of skiing as recreation and sport).From the Telemark district of Morgedal, Norway, which is also known as the "cradle of skiing", Norheim created the design templates from which all forms of modern skiing are derived."
The text I found says he moved there in the early 1860's, but I can't find any trace of him in the census at all, which leaves me to believe the census might be incomplete? When he moved to USA in 1884, three of his children stayed in Norway, one of them even stayed at the farm~
So, maybe I'm related to him... It seems very possible.



Not that any of this matters, but it's nevertheless interesting, no?
Do you know of any known people you're related to? Or do you have one of those surnames that are used by 200+ ?

// This also reminds me of how much I want to learn how to ski Telemark..