The Andersen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 36,150 people carried this name — #963 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,160 people counted. That is up 8% from 33,508 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Andersen surname
From Danish or Norwegian Andersen, patronymic from Anders + -sen.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Andersen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,179 people named Andersen live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
303 people named Andersen live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 133 people named Andersen.
Most of them — 83 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
87 people named Andersen have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 331 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 45 people named Andersen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
39,322 people named Andersen are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Andersen in American newspapers,
1871–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,124 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Andersen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jens Andersen Beldenak 1450–1537 · Catholic priest -
Birgitte Andersen 1791–1875 · actor -
A.C. Andersen 1810–1882 · politician -
Anders Andersen 1846–1931 · politician -
Carl F. Andersen 1846–1913 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 223 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Andersen.
- Anastasi 1,400 · U.S. census
- Anastasio 1,721 · U.S. census
- Anaya 24,017 · U.S. census
- Ancel 355 · U.S. census
- Ancelet 356 · U.S. census
- Ancona 1,567 · U.S. census
- Anderson 784,404 · U.S. census
- Andersson 1,372 · U.S. census
- Andonian 473 · U.S. census
- Andrade 65,037 · U.S. census
- Andre 9,358 · U.S. census
- Andrea 1,495 · U.S. census
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