Scandinavian family name etymology
Denmark
Columns: Rank | Surname | Number of bearers 1971 | Number of bearers 2009 | Type | Etymology
1 | Jensen | 368.631 | 278.782 | patronymic | son of Jens | 2 | Nielsen | 349.126 | 275.744 | patronymic | son of Niels | 3 | Hansen | 297.937 | 231.221 | patronymic | son of Hans | 4 | Pedersen | 203.426 | 173.639 | patronymic | son of Peder | 5 | Andersen | 188.359 | 165.871 | patronymic | son of Anders | 6 | Christensen | 159.943 | 125.192 | patronymic | son of Christen | 7 | Larsen | 148.214 | 122.712 | patronymic | son of Lars | 8 | Sørensen | 139.111 | 117.3 | patronymic | son of Søren | 9 | Rasmussen | 117.355 | 99.238 | patronymic | son of Rasmus | 10 | Jørgensen | 110.132 | 93.182 | patronymic | son of Jørgen | 11 | Petersen | 130.236 | 85.268 | patronymic | son of Peter | 12 | Madsen | 76.441 | 67.075 | patronymic | son of Mads | 13 | Kristensen | 58.99 | 62.549 | patronymic | son of Kristen | 14 | Olsen | 65.194 | 50.904 | patronymic | son of Ole | 15 | Thomsen | 40.18 | 39.86 | patronymic | son of Thomas | 16 | Christiansen | 45.984 | 38.528 | patronymic | son of Christian | 17 | Poulsen | 36.544 | 33.106 | patronymic | son of Poul | 18 | Johansen | 36.47 | 32.166 | patronymic | son of Johan | 19 | Knudsen | 34.66 | 30.634 | patronymic | son of Knud | 20 | Møller | 31.645 | 30.516 | occupational | miller