Hansén Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Hansén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 514 | 1:19,157 | 1,609 |
| Finland | 38 | 1:144,650 | 13,416 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Hansen (591,253), Hansèn (1), Hänsen (3) & Hánsen (1) are calculated separately.
Hansén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hansén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hansén occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Hansen, Hansèn, Hänsen or Hánsen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hansén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 560,645th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hansén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 19,157. In Sweden Hansén is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent are found, Skåne County, where 11 percent are found and Norrbotten County, where 11 percent are found. Not including Sweden it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 7 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hansén
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