# Knudsen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/knudsen/  
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) | 9,104 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,898 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,913 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (8,877 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knudsen 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) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knudsen in Norway and the United States.

## People named Knudsen

- Gunnar Knudsen, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928)
- Peggy Knudsen, American actress (1923–1980)

## Similar surnames

Knutson, Knudson, Knutsen, Knudtson, Kuntz, Koontz, Knotts, Kintz, Kontos, Kendig, Kindig, Kmetz.

## 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.