Most Common Greenlandic Surnames & Meanings

Forebears knows about 3,074 unique surnames in Greenland and there are 18 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency
1	Olsen	1,736	1:32
2	Petersen	1,627	1:35
3	Jensen	1,616	1:35
4	Nielsen	1,423	1:40
5	Hansen	1,278	1:44
6	Lyberth	1,004	1:56
7	Larsen	990	1:57
8	Møller	972	1:58
9	Pedersen	813	1:69
10	Berthelsen	799	1:71
11	Andersen	761	1:74
12	Heilmann	757	1:74
13	Poulsen	662	1:85
14	Lynge	651	1:87
15	Lennert	634	1:89
16	Egede	588	1:96
17	Johansen	578	1:98
18	Frederiksen	567	1:99
19	Kristiansen	563	1:100
20	Kleist	532	1:106
21	Rasmussen	518	1:109
22	Jakobsen	504	1:112
23	Christensen	479	1:118
24	Brandt	461	1:122
25	Rosing	444	1:127
26	Knudsen	437	1:129
27	Kristensen	419	1:135
28	Jeremiassen	416	1:136
29	Davidsen	394	1:143
30	Geisler	384	1:147
31	Fleischer	377	1:150
31	Sørensen	377	1:150
33	Broberg	366	1:154
34	Josefsen	356	1:158
34	Kreutzmann	356	1:158
36	Mathiassen	320	1:176
37	Jørgensen	317	1:178
38	Lange	310	1:182
38	Sandgreen	310	1:182
40	Karlsen	296	1:190
40	Lundblad	296	1:190
40	Mølgaard	296	1:190
43	Lund	292	1:193
44	Mikaelsen	275	1:205
45	Skifte	271	1:208
46	Abelsen	261	1:216
47	Madsen	254	1:222
48	Motzfeldt	247	1:228
49	Holm	243	1:232
50	Grønvold	232	1:243