Most common surnames in Greenland

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

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Olsen	1.737	4.9%
2	Petersen	1.627	4.6%
3	Jensen	1.617	4.5%
4	Nielsen	1.423	4%
5	Hansen	1.279	3.6%
6	Lyberth	1.004	2.8%
7	Larsen	990	2.8%
8	Møller	972	2.7%
9	Pedersen	814	2.3%
10	Berthelsen	800	2.2%
11	Andersen	761	2.1%
12	Heilmann	757	2.1%
13	Poulsen	662	1.9%
14	Lynge	652	1.8%
15	Lennert	631	1.8%
16	Egede	588	1.7%
17	Johansen	578	1.6%
18	Frederiksen	567	1.6%
19	Kristiansen	564	1.6%
20	Kleist	532	1.5%
21	Rasmussen	518	1.5%
22	Jakobsen	504	1.4%
23	Christensen	479	1.3%
24	Brandt	461	1.3%
25	Rosing	444	1.2%
26	Knudsen	437	1.2%
27	Kristensen	419	1.2%
28	Jeremiassen	416	1.2%
29	Davidsen	395	1.1%
30	Geisler	384	1.1%

31	Sørensen	377	1.1%
32	Fleischer	377	1.1%
33	Broberg	366	1%
34	Josefsen	356	1%
35	Kreutzmann	356	1%
36	Mathiassen	320	0.9%
37	Jørgensen	317	0.9%
38	Lange	310	0.9%
39	Sandgreen	310	0.9%
40	Mølgaard	296	0.8%
41	Karlsen	296	0.8%
42	Lundblad	296	0.8%
43	Lund	292	0.8%
44	Mikaelsen	275	0.8%
45	Skifte	271	0.8%
46	Abelsen	261	0.7%
47	Madsen	254	0.7%
48	Motzfeldt	247	0.7%
49	Holm	243	0.7%
50	Reimer	232	0.7%
51	Thomsen	232	0.7%
52	Grønvold	232	0.7%
53	Zeeb	232	0.7%
54	Schmidt	225	0.6%
55	Christiansen	218	0.6%
56	Simonsen	204	0.6%
57	Isaksen	201	0.6%
58	Mørch	194	0.5%
59	Enoksen	180	0.5%
60	Andreassen	173	0.5%

61	Olesen	162	0.5%
62	Mortensen	155	0.4%
63	Kruse	151	0.4%
64	Dalager	148	0.4%
65	Eriksen	144	0.4%
66	Høegh	137	0.4%
67	Dahl	134	0.4%
68	Mathiesen	130	0.4%
69	Johnsen	130	0.4%
70	Danielsen	127	0.4%
71	Thomassen	120	0.3%
72	Mikkelsen	120	0.3%
73	Ostermann	116	0.3%
74	Tobiassen	116	0.3%
75	Therkelsen	116	0.3%
76	Kristoffersen	113	0.3%
77	Jacobsen	113	0.3%
78	Eliassen	109	0.3%
79	Fly	109	0.3%
80	Svendsen	106	0.3%
81	Kleemann	106	0.3%
82	Storch	106	0.3%
83	Chemnitz	106	0.3%
84	Wille	102	0.3%
85	Ingemann	102	0.3%
86	Jessen	102	0.3%
87	Didriksen	99	0.3%
88	Hendriksen	95	0.3%
89	Ludvigsen	95	0.3%
90	Markussen	95	0.3%

91	Kaspersen	95	0.3%
92	Mogensen	95	0.3%
93	Skade	88	0.2%
94	Martinsen	88	0.2%
95	Iversen	85	0.2%
96	Willumsen	85	0.2%
97	Henriksen	81	0.2%
98	Samuelsen	81	0.2%
99	Sivertsen	81	0.2%
100	Villadsen	81	0.2%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Greenland?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Greenland is Olsen, with 1.737. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Greenland?

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

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