Carstensen Surname

33,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Carstensen Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the personal name Carsten and the Norse suffix, -sen (or -son) meaning 'son of'. It was a surname given to the 'son of Carsten'.

Carstensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,5771:9,3861,175
Denmark3,1151:1,812124
United States3,0361:119,38712,792
Norway1461:35,2214,975
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Mexico1241:1,001,01813,136
Sweden1091:90,3376,599
Canada971:379,85133,859
Australia501:539,91440,287
England341:1,638,76668,634
Wales311:99,8247,946
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
France181:3,690,151224,666
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Greenland111:5,125525
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Finland61:916,11741,832
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

Carstensen (18) may also be a first name.

Carstensen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the personal name Carsten and the Norse suffix, -sen (or -son) meaning 'son of'. It was a surname given to the 'son of Carsten'.

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Carstensen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carstensen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Carstensen is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Carstensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Carstensen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 33,956th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 466,373 people. The last name Carstensen is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Carstensen reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Carstensen is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 8,577 people, or 1 in 9,386. In Germany Carstensen is most frequent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 74 percent are found, Hamburg, where 8 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.

Carstensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Carstensen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carstensen last name increased 2,038 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 486 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carstensen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Carstensen surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States Carstensen are 16.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.66% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Carstensen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.41% more than the national average, earning 444,392 kr per year; in Peru they earn 12.97% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,870 per year; in South Africa they earn 168.5% more than the national average, earning R 638,064 per year; in United States they earn 3.23% more than the national average, earning $44,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $51,770 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carstenssen951/
Karstensen902,051/
Carstenson9090/
Carstenzen9011/
Carstensin902/
Carstinsen901/
Corstensen901/
Carstensson865/
Karstenson8019/
Carstemsem800/
Karstensson7636/
Kerstensson673/

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