The Hanse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 348 people carried this name — #58,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 305 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 157 people named Hanse.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Meuse.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 104 people named Hanse 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 Namur.
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
27 people named Hanse is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Hanse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katrina Hanse-Himarwa 1967–2024 · teacher -
Everald Hanse d. 1851
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Joseph Hanse 1902–1992 · university teacher
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Brigitte Hanse 1955– · politician
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Gil Hanse 1963– · landscape architect
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Olivier Hanse 1975– · Germanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hanse.
- Hanny 287 · U.S. census
- Hano 449 · U.S. census
- Hanon 312 · U.S. census
- Hanry 124 · U.S. census
- Hans 4,427 · U.S. census
- Hansberger 355 · U.S. census
- Hansen 137,977 · U.S. census
- Hanser 519 · U.S. census
- Hanson 111,144 · U.S. census
- Hanss 132 · U.S. census
- Hantz 663 · U.S. census
- Hanus 1,406 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hanse is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.