How common is the surname Clausen?

8,906 people in the United States had the surname Clausen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,667 Americans. It ranked 3,987th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Clausen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Clausen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Clausen?

George Clausen, British artist (1852–1944), followed by Alf Clausen.

Where is the surname Clausen most common?

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

Is the surname Clausen getting more or less common?

More common. 8,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,906 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Clausen

A Danish surname, carried by 8,906 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clausen is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

A surname from Danish.

One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,906 people named Clausen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,667 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,895.

#3,987

rank among US surnames

8,906

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,668)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,978	Greiner	8,935	34,555
#3,979	To	8,934	34,558
#3,981	Yun	8,933	34,562
#3,982	Aiello	8,927	34,586
#3,983	Baptiste	8,915	34,632
#3,984	Grice	8,914	34,636
#3,985	Freedman	8,913	34,640

Who is named Clausen

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Clausen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clausens

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1987

Notable Clausens come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clausen

Clausen has the Soundex code C425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C425.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Clausen come from?: Clausen is Danish in origin.
How common is the surname Clausen?: 8,906 people in the United States had the surname Clausen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,667 Americans. It ranked 3,987th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clausen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Clausen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Clausen?: George Clausen, British artist (1852–1944), followed by Alf Clausen.
Where is the surname Clausen most common?: Wikidata records people named Clausen in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Germany.
Is the surname Clausen getting more or less common?: More common. 8,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,906 in 2010, up 0.1%.