# Henriksen (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,935 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,851 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (2,919 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Henricksen |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Henriksen, Norwegian Henriksen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Henriksen 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Henriksen in the United States.

## People named Henriksen

- Lance Henriksen, American actor

## Similar surnames

Henrickson, Henrikson, Henriquez, Henriques, Henrich, Henrichs, Henricks, Hamrick, Heinrich, Hinrichs, Hammers, Heinrichs.

## 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.