Christiansen Surname

7,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80,375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Christiansen Surname Definition:

Scandinavian forms of Christ- ianson, q.v. in Dict.

Christiansen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark28,8371:19616
United States27,9591:12,9641,616
Germany10,5421:7,637956
Norway4,4661:1,15193
Canada1,7791:20,7112,859
Australia1,5601:17,3052,428
Sweden1,0561:9,325843
New Zealand6971:6,4971,092
England4971:112,10911,549
Argentina4941:86,5257,301
Faroe Islands3391:14526
Thailand2441:289,50149,813
Greenland2181:25956
France1761:377,40256,030
Chile1741:101,2443,808
Ecuador1461:108,9446,376
Spain1111:421,19022,576
Indonesia941:1,406,90696,143
Brazil911:2,352,46572,498
Estonia881:15,0202,406
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Switzerland651:126,35312,618
Luxembourg621:9,3641,516
Japan551:2,324,44229,670
Finland531:103,71110,499
Iceland521:7,309780
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Peru361:882,89218,060
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Austria201:425,77243,235
Malta181:23,9041,289
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
China121:113,943,4645,994
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Wales81:386,81619,671
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Cayman Islands51:12,7791,374
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Scotland141:267,3738,913
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7261:29,0953,544

The alternate forms: Christiansén (8) are calculated separately.

Christiansen (140) may also be a first name.

Christiansen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Scandinavian forms of Christ- ianson, q.v. in Dict.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Norwegian) The son of Christian (follower of Christ).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Has come to us from Iceland in the form of Kristín. The Celtic mac was prefixed to it, and then it gradually became Anglicised into its present form.

Kristin is found in the Flateyjarbóc.

James, the seventh Earl of Derby, in one of his letters to his son, said: 'There be many of the Christians in this country—that is, Christins the true name; but they have made themselves chief here'. It is a very common name in the Isle of Man, especially in Maughold.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Christiansen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Christiansen is found most frequently in Denmark. It can appear in the variant forms: Christiansén. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Christiansen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,064th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 90,669 people. The last name Christiansen occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Christiansen live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 43 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 781,395th most widely held forename on earth, held by 140 people.

Christiansen is most prevalent in Denmark, where it is carried by 28,837 people, or 1 in 196. In Denmark it is most prevalent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 27 percent reside, Region of Southern Denmark, where 24 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 19 percent reside. Other than Denmark this last name is found in 90 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Germany, where 13 percent reside.

Christiansen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Christiansen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,620 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,035 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 271 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Christiansen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Christiansen surname is predominantly Lutheran (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Christiansen surname are 19.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.41% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Christiansen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning 358,458 kr per year; in Peru they earn 45.58% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,220 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.28% more than the national average, earning R 283,464 per year; in United States they earn 8.16% more than the national average, earning $46,672 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.99% more than the national average, earning $50,672 CAD per year.

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