The Hansen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 137,977 people carried this name — #204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,140 people counted. That is up 3% from 133,474 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hansen surname
From North Germanic (Danish Hansen and Norwegian Hansen), patronymic from Hans + -sen.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hansen» (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 2,345 people named Hansen 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,049 people named Hansen 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 Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
696 people named Hansen live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 448 people named Hansen.
141 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
208 people named Hansen have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 560 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 the Nordic population registers
56,705 people named Hansen 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
Hansen in American newspapers,
1941–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 446,377 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hansen,
with a public archive behind them.
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C.F. Hansen 1788–1873 · politician -
Maurits Hansen 1794–1842 · writer -
Christian Hansen 1803–1883 · architect -
Lambertus Johannes Hansen 1803–1859 · painter -
Carl Christian Hansen 1809–1891 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 193 lives in all are documented under this name.
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