# Andersen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/andersen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 36,150 |
| US rank (2010) | 963 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,541 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (33,508 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈændə(ɹ)sən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Danish or Norwegian Andersen, patronymic from Anders + -sen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Andersen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Andersen in the United States, Norway, Australia and Belgium.

## People named Andersen

- David Andersen, Australian basketball player (born 1980)
- Chris Andersen, American basketball player
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen, American physician (1901–1963)
- Brooke Andersen, American female throwing athlete
- Bridgette Andersen, American actress and model (1975–1997)
- Sarah Andersen, American cartoonist
- Eric Andersen, American musician
- Nina Nymark Andersen, association footballer
- Judi Andersen, American actress and Hawaii pageant winner
- Anne Nymark Andersen, Association footballer
- Teresa Andersen, American synchronized swimmer
- Jim Ronny Andersen, badminton player

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Anderson, Andresen, Andreasen, Andersson, Andrews, Anders, Andrew, Andres, Andrus, André, Anderton, Andress.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.