How common is the surname Henriksen?

2,935 people in the United States had the surname Henriksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,194 Americans. It ranked 10,851st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Henriksen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Henriksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Henriksen?

Lance Henriksen, American actor.

Where is the surname Henriksen most common?

Wikidata records people named Henriksen in the United States.

Is the surname Henriksen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,935 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Henriksen

A Danish surname, carried by 2,935 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henriksen is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed from Danish Henriksen, Norwegian Henriksen.

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 2,935 people named Henriksen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,194 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,919.

#10,851

rank among US surnames

2,935

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,148)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,844	Fedor	2,937	105,123
#10,847	Enlow	2,936	105,159
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266

Who is named Henriksen

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

95% of people named Henriksen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Henriksens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lance Henriksen
American actor, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Henricksen

Surnames that sound like Henriksen

Henriksen has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Henriksen come from?: Borrowed from Danish Henriksen, Norwegian Henriksen.
How common is the surname Henriksen?: 2,935 people in the United States had the surname Henriksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,194 Americans. It ranked 10,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Henriksen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Henriksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Henriksen?: Lance Henriksen, American actor.
Where is the surname Henriksen most common?: Wikidata records people named Henriksen in the United States.
Is the surname Henriksen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,935 in 2010, up 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Henriksen?: Henricksen.