Most common surnames in Denmark

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Denmark, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Jensen	234.475	9.9%
2	Nielsen	228.248	9.7%
3	Hansen	198.068	8.4%
4	Pedersen	140.104	5.9%
5	Andersen	139.093	5.9%
6	Christensen	102.030	4.3%
7	Larsen	99.993	4.2%
8	Sørensen	82.315	3.5%
9	Rasmussen	79.509	3.4%
10	Petersen	71.943	3.1%
11	Jørgensen	62.806	2.7%
12	Madsen	56.321	2.4%
13	Kristensen	52.268	2.2%
14	Olsen	41.735	1.8%
15	Thomsen	32.672	1.4%
16	Christiansen	28.838	1.2%
17	Poulsen	28.425	1.2%
18	Johansen	25.368	1.1%
19	Knudsen	25.357	1.1%
20	Mortensen	24.634	1%
21	Møller	24.048	1%
22	Jakobsen	22.482	1%
23	Jacobsen	22.070	0.9%
24	Olesen	19.544	0.8%
25	Mikkelsen	19.180	0.8%
26	Lund	16.758	0.7%
27	Frederiksen	16.308	0.7%
28	Holm	15.685	0.7%
29	Laursen	15.672	0.7%
30	Henriksen	14.306	0.6%

31	Schmidt	14.195	0.6%
32	Eriksen	12.637	0.5%
33	Clausen	11.237	0.5%
34	Simonsen	11.167	0.5%
35	Kristiansen	10.949	0.5%
36	Svendsen	10.090	0.4%
37	Andreasen	10.022	0.4%
38	Iversen	9.507	0.4%
39	Jeppesen	8.371	0.4%
40	Vestergaard	8.290	0.4%
41	Jespersen	8.012	0.3%
42	Mogensen	8.000	0.3%
43	Lauridsen	7.997	0.3%
44	Nissen	7.982	0.3%
45	Dahl	7.791	0.3%
46	Jepsen	7.736	0.3%
47	Kjær	7.673	0.3%
48	Skov	7.673	0.3%
49	Frandsen	7.565	0.3%
50	Jessen	6.944	0.3%
51	Bach	6.618	0.3%
52	Carlsen	6.602	0.3%
53	Bruun	6.550	0.3%
54	Friis	6.230	0.3%
55	Nørgaard	6.220	0.3%
56	Bertelsen	6.129	0.3%
57	Srensen	6.005	0.3%
58	Christoffersen	5.847	0.2%
59	Gregersen	5.628	0.2%
60	Bech	5.471	0.2%

61	Søndergaard	5.462	0.2%
62	Krogh	5.211	0.2%
63	Lassen	5.108	0.2%
64	Winther	5.074	0.2%
65	Johnsen	4.908	0.2%
66	Ravn	4.866	0.2%
67	Jrgensen	4.841	0.2%
68	østergaard	4.751	0.2%
69	Kjeldsen	4.746	0.2%
70	Steffensen	4.710	0.2%
71	Toft	4.648	0.2%
72	Brandt	4.582	0.2%
73	Berg	4.534	0.2%
74	Lauritsen	4.524	0.2%
75	Lind	4.499	0.2%
76	Holst	4.486	0.2%
77	Juul	4.422	0.2%
78	Danielsen	4.402	0.2%
79	Dam	4.292	0.2%
80	Andresen	4.251	0.2%
81	Nygaard	4.152	0.2%
82	Mathiesen	4.135	0.2%
83	Bak	4.110	0.2%
84	Damgaard	4.098	0.2%
85	Schultz	4.051	0.2%
86	Overgaard	3.929	0.2%
87	Schou	3.900	0.2%
88	Nilsson	3.895	0.2%
89	Thygesen	3.877	0.2%
90	Hermansen	3.874	0.2%

91	Hedegaard	3.857	0.2%
92	Juhl	3.828	0.2%
93	Mathiasen	3.796	0.2%
94	Klausen	3.794	0.2%
95	Paulsen	3.779	0.2%
96	Kruse	3.749	0.2%
97	Thorsen	3.698	0.2%
98	Kristoffersen	3.683	0.2%
99	Munk	3.675	0.2%
100	Koch	3.656	0.2%

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What are the most common surnames in Denmark?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Denmark is Jensen, with 234.475. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Denmark?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Denmark. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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