Most common surnames in Denmark

The top 98 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Denmark
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Jensen	Norwegian · “son of Jens”	234,472
2	Nielsen	—	228,242
3	Hansen	Norwegian · “son of Hans”	198,063
4	Pedersen	Norwegian · “son of Peder”	140,103
5	Andersen	Norwegian · “son of Anders”	139,090
6	Christensen	—	102,029
7	Larsen	Norwegian · “son of Lars”	99,992
8	Sørensen	—	82,315
9	Rasmussen	—	79,506
10	Petersen	—	71,942
11	Jørgensen	—	62,806
12	Madsen	—	56,320
13	Kristensen	—	52,268
14	Olsen	Norwegian · “son of Ole”	41,734
15	Thomsen	—	32,672
16	Christiansen	—	28,837
17	Poulsen	—	28,426
18	Johansen	Norwegian · “son of Johan”	25,368
19	Knudsen	—	25,357
20	Mortensen	—	24,634
21	Möller	—	24,048
22	Jakobsen	—	22,482
23	Jacobsen	—	22,070
24	Olesen	—	19,545
25	Mikkelsen	—	19,179
26	Lund	—	16,758
27	Frederiksen	—	16,308
28	Holm	—	15,685
29	Laursen	—	15,673
30	Henriksen	—	14,306
31	Schmidt	German · “smith”	14,195
32	Eriksen	Norwegian · “son of Erik”	12,636
33	Clausen	—	11,238
34	Simonsen	—	11,169
35	Kristiansen	Norwegian · “son of Kristian”	10,949
36	Svendsen	—	10,090
37	Andreasen	—	10,021
38	Iversen	—	9,505
39	Jeppesen	—	8,371
40	Vestergaard	—	8,290
41	Jespersen	—	8,012
42	Mogensen	—	8,000
43	Lauridsen	—	7,997
44	Nissen	—	7,982
45	Dahl	—	7,791
46	Jepsen	—	7,735
47	Kjær	—	7,673
48	Skov	—	7,672
49	Frandsen	—	7,565
50	Jessen	—	6,944
51	Bach	—	6,618
52	Carlsen	—	6,602
53	Bruun	—	6,550
54	Friis	—	6,230
55	Nørgaard	—	6,220
56	Bertelsen	—	6,129
58	Christoffersen	—	5,846
59	Gregersen	—	5,628
60	Bech	—	5,472
61	Søndergaard	—	5,462
62	Krogh	—	5,211
63	Lassen	—	5,108
64	Winther	—	5,074
65	Johnsen	Norwegian · “son of John”	4,908
66	Ravn	—	4,866
68	Østergaard	—	4,751
69	Kjeldsen	—	4,746
70	Steffensen	—	4,710
71	Toft	—	4,648
72	Brandt	—	4,582
73	Berg	Norwegian · “mountain, hill”	4,534
74	Lauritsen	—	4,525
75	Lind	—	4,499
76	Holst	—	4,486
77	Juul	—	4,422
78	Danielsen	—	4,402
79	Dam	—	4,292
80	Andresen	—	4,251
81	Nygaard	—	4,152
82	Mathiesen	—	4,135
83	Bak	—	4,110
84	Damgaard	—	4,098
85	Schultz	—	4,051
86	Overgaard	—	3,929
87	Schou	—	3,900
88	Nilsson	Swedish · “son of Nils”	3,895
89	Thygesen	—	3,878
90	Hermansen	—	3,874
91	Hedegaard	—	3,858
92	Juhl	—	3,828
93	Mathiasen	—	3,797
94	Klausen	—	3,794
95	Paulsen	—	3,779
96	Kruse	—	3,749
97	Thorsen	—	3,698
98	Kristoffersen	—	3,683
99	Munk	—	3,675
100	Koch	German · “cook”	3,656

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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