Hansen (surname)
Hansen or Hanssen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhænsn̩] Scandinavian patronymic surname , meaning son of Hans . As of 2008, it is the third most common surname in Denmark , shared by 4.3% of the population.[ 1] Hansen is the single most common surname in Norway , not counting spelling variations such as Hanssen , which are also quite common.[ 2] Faroe Islands Hansen is the second most common surname , while in the North German federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg Hansen is the third and fifth most common surname , respectively.[ 3] Hansson surname outside Denmark ,[ 4] Norway and Schleswig-Holstein is due to danishimmigration , though Nordic immigrants to English -speaking countries often anglicised their names to Hanson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules .
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 33.5% of all known bearers of the surname Hansen were residents of Denmark (frequency 1:28), 31.6% of the United States (1:1,933), 10.5% of Norway (1:83), 10.2% of Germany (1:1,330), 2.3% of Canada (1:2,658), 2.3% of Australia (1:1,773), 1.3% of Sweden (1:1,325) and 1.2% of South Africa (1:7,460).
In Denmark , the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:28) in the following regions:
Region Zealand (1:19)Region of Southern Denmark (1:22)In Norway , the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:83) in the following regions:[ 5]
Northern Norway (1:35)Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1:42)Eastern Norway (1:79)Southern Norway (1:82)
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
Arts and entertainment
Aime Hansen (born 1962), Estonian poet, writer, and artistAl Hansen (1927–1995), American artistAndrew Hansen (born 1974), Australian comedianAnna Hansen , Canadian chefAsta Hansen (1914–1962), Danish stage and film actressBeck Hansen , (born 1970), American alternative musician known as Beck Betsy Hansen (dates unknown), woman who charged actor Errol Flynn with statutory rape in 1942Carl G. O. Hansen (1871–1960), Norwegian-American journalist, musician and authorCarl William Hansen (1872–1936), Danish authorChris Hansen (born 1959), American journalistChristian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845), Danish architectConstantin Hansen (1804–1880), Danish artistCourtney Hansen (born 1974), American model and television personalityC. & V. Hansen (1906–2001 & 1900–1992), Danish comics authorsCraig J. Hansen (born 1954), American writer and musicianDinah-Jane Hansen (born 1997), Singer of Female American group Fifth HarmonyDavid Hansen (born 1968), actor, director, and playwrightDerek Hansen (born 1944), Australian writerErhardine Adolphine Hansen (1815–1893), Danish actressErik Hansen (1927–2016), Danish architectErik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965), Norwegian authorGunnar Hansen (1947–2015), Icelandic-American actorIb Hansen , pseudonym of Austrian poet H. C. Artmann (1921–2000)Jane Hansen (businesswoman) , Australian businesswoman and arts philanthropistJerry Hansen (1927–2012), Ghanaian highlife musicianJoachim Hansen (1930–2007), German actorJohannes Hansen (1903–1995), Danish sculptorJoseph Hansen (1923–2004), authorJoseph Hansen (1842–1907), Belgian dancerKai Hansen (born 1963), German power metal musicianKarl Gustav Hansen (1914–2002), Danish silversmith, designerLeopold Hansen (1879–1964), Estonian actor and theater directorLiane Hansen (born 1951), American radio journalist and radio show hostLisa M. Hansen , American producer, actress, assistant director, and writerLys Hansen (born 1936), Scottish artistMargaret Severin-Hansen , American ballerinaMary Hansen (1966–2002), Australian guitarist and singerMax Hansen (1897–1961), Danish singerPeter Hansen (1921–2017), American actorRon Hansen (born 1947), American novelist, essayist, and professor
Politics
Ann Hansen (born 1953), Canadian anarchist and bomberBernie Hansen (1944–2021), American politician in Chicago politicsBertha Lee Hansen (1882–1966), American politician from MinnesotaCharles Robert Hansen (1909–2000), American businessman and politician from MinnesotaCharlotte Bagge Hansen (born 1969), Danish politicianClifford Hansen (1912–2009), American politician from WyomingColin Hansen (born 1952), Canadian politician from British ColumbiaConnor Hansen (1913–1987), American jurist from WisconsinDave Hansen (born 1947), American politician from WisconsinEva Kjer Hansen (born 1964), Danish politicianFlemming Hansen (1939–2021), Danish politicianGeorge V. Hansen (1930–2014), American politician from IdahoGlenna Hansen (born 1956), Canadian Inuvialuit politicianGoeff Hansen (born 1959), American politician from MichiganH. C. Hansen (1906–1960), Danish Prime Minister (1955–1960)Hans Peter Hansen (politician) (1872–1953), Danish journalist and politicianHans Rasmus Hansen (1896–1971), Danish politicianHolger Hansen (1929–2015), Danish politician and academicJames V. Hansen (1932–2018), American politician from UtahJørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994), Danish politicianJoseph Hansen (1910–1979), American Trotskyist and leader of the American Socialist Workers Party Karstein Hansen (born 1932), Norwegian politicianLaurits Hansen (1894–1965), Danish trade unionist and politicianLawrence N. Hansen (1940–2010), American lawyer and political activistMerle Hansen (1919–2009), American farmer, Founder of the North American Farm AlliancePeter Hansen (UN) (born 1941), Danish UN officialRobert W. Hansen (1911–1977), American jurist from WisconsinRon Hansen (1943–2022), Canadian politician from OntarioStephanie Hansen (born 1961), American politician from DelawareUrban Hansen (1908–1986), Danish politicianVictor Davis Hanson (born 1953), American political commentator
Science
Alvin Harvey Hansen (1887–1975) American economistEmil Christian Hansen (1842–1910), Danish fermentation physiologistGerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), Norwegian physician, discover of the cause of leprosyHans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936), Danish zoologistJames E. Hansen (born 1941), American climatologist Julie Vinter Hansen (1890–1960), Danish astronomerPer Brinch Hansen (1938–2007), Danish computer scientistPeter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874), Danish astronomerSiegfried Hansen (1912–2002), Danish engineerThomas Blom Hansen (born 1958), Danish anthropologistW. W. Hansen (1909–1949), American physicist
Sport
Abraham Løkin Hansen (born 1959), Faroese footballer (né Hansen)Adam Hansen (born 1981), Australian road cyclistAdrian Hansen (born 1971), South African squash playerAlan Hansen (born 1955), Scottish footballerAshia Hansen (born 1971), British athlete, Olympic contestantBob Hansen (born 1961), American basketballerBrendan Hansen (born 1981), American swimmerChad Hansen (born 1995), American football playerChase Hansen (born 1993), American football playerCraig Hansen (born 1983), American professional baseball playerCurt Hansen (born 1964), Danish chess grand masterDale Hansen (born 1948), American sportscasterDave Hansen (born 1968), American baseball playerEinar Hansen (born 1988), Faroese soccer playerEric Hansen (born 1992), Canadian chess playerErika Hansen (born 1970), American swimmer\Fred Hansen (born 1940), 1964 Olympic Gold medalist and world record pole vaulterFred Hansen (footballer) (1903–1993), Australian rules footballerHarrison Hansen (born 1985), British based New Zealand rugby league playerJan Knobelauch Hansen (born 1971), Danish athlete, Olympic contestantJanken Wiel-Hansen (1868-1938) Norwegian-Swedish athlete, feminist, pioneer in fencing and swordsmanship .Jannik Hansen (born 1986), Danish ice hockey PlayerJerry Hansen (born 1936), a former racing driverJoachim Hansen (born 1979), Norwegian Mixed martial artistJoan Hansen (born 1958), American long-distance runnerJohn Hansen (1924–1990), Danish footballerJohn Hansen (born 1950), Scottish footballerJohnny Hansen (born 1943), Danish footballerKenneth Hansen (born 1960), Swedish rallycross driverKevin Hansen (born 1982), American indoor volleyball playerKim-Rune Hansen (born 1988), Norwegian snowboarderKinzie Hansen (born 2001), American softball playerLars Hanssen (1903–1940), Norwegian chess playerMartin Lundgaard Hansen (born 1972), Danish badminton player, Olympic contestantMikkel Hansen (born 1987), Danish handballerNancy Hansen (born 1968), Canadian sport climber and mountaineerNiels Jørgen Hansen , Danish darts playerNiko Hansen (born 1994), Danish footballerNikolaj Hansen (born 1987), Danish footballerNikolaj Hansen (born 1993), Danish footballerPaul Snow-Hansen (born 1990), New Zealand sailorPer Joar Hansen (born 1965), Norwegian football coachPhil Hansen (born 1968), American former gridiron football playerRasmus Grønborg Hansen (born 1986), Danish football (soccer) playerRick Hansen (born 1957), Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarianRon Hansen (born 1938), American professional baseball playerSøren Hansen (born 1974), Danish professional golferStan Hansen (born 1949), American professional wrestlerSteen Hansen Danish curlerSteve Hansen (born 1959), New Zealand rugby union football player and coachSune Berg Hansen (born 1971), Danish chess playerTori Hansen (born 2001), American professional footballerTravis Hansen (born 1978), American basketball playerTrine Hansen (born 1973), Danish rower
Other people
Danielle Tumminio Hansen (born 1981) Episcopal priest and academicElaine Tuttle Hansen , president of Bates College Evan Hansen , the titular fictional character of the musical Dear Evan Hansen Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), Danish photographerGeorg Hansen (1904–1944), German army officerGesa Hansen (born 1981), German-Danish designerGus Hansen (born 1974), Danish professional poker playerHelmer Hanssen (1870–1956), Norwegian polar explorerHenriette Hansen (disambiguation) Jake Hansen (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJane Hansen (businesswoman) , Australian businesswoman and arts philanthropistJane Hansen (model) , New Zealand model, winner of Miss International 1971John Hansen (born 1945), retired New Zealand judgeJörmundur Ingi Hansen (born 1940), Icelandic neopagan leader and clothing retailerLars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and econometricianMatthew Hansen , Canadian screenwriter, author and editorMax Hansen (1908–1990), SS officerMonica Hansen , Norwegian modelPercy Hansen (1890–1951), Danish recipient of the Victoria CrossRobert Hanssen (1944–2023), American FBI agent convicted of spying for RussiaSig Hansen (born 1966), American Captain of the Seattle-based crab fishing boat Northwestern , featured in the documentary Deadliest Catch Theodore Marcus Hansen (1886–1973), Danish-American pastor, theologian, and churchmanTheophil Freiherr von Hansen (1813–1891), Danish-Austrian architect
References
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
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