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
Hansén occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Hansen, Hansèn, Hänsen or Hánsen. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hansén? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hansén is the 560,645th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. The last name Hansén occurs mostly 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 Hansén is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 19,157. In Sweden Hansén is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent live, Skåne County, where 11 percent live and Norrbotten County, where 11 percent live. Besides Sweden it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
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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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