# Clausen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/clausen/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,906 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,987 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,667 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (8,895 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Clausen 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) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Clausen in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Germany.

## People named Clausen

- George Clausen, British artist (1852–1944)
- Alf Clausen, American film and television composer (1941—2025)
- Claus Clausen, 1899-1989 German Actor
- Alden W. Clausen, American businessman, President of the World Bank, 1981-1986
- Curt Clausen, American athletics competitor (born 1967)
- Jens Clausen, American botanist (1891-1969)
- Jimmy Clausen, American football quarterback

## Similar surnames

Clawson, Claussen, Clauson, Classen, Clasen, Claassen, Colson, Calkins, Callaghan, Coulson, Colgan, Callison.

## 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.