How common is the surname Knudsen?

9,104 people in the United States had the surname Knudsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,913 Americans. It ranked 3,898th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knudsen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Knudsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knudsen?

Gunnar Knudsen, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928), followed by Peggy Knudsen.

Where is the surname Knudsen most common?

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

Is the surname Knudsen getting more or less common?

More common. 8,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,104 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Knudsen

A Danish surname, carried by 9,104 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knudsen is more common than 97.6% 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 9,104 people named Knudsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,913 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,877.

#3,898

rank among US surnames

9,104

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,675)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,890	Jang	9,125	33,835
#3,891	Avina	9,122	33,846
#3,893	Cordell	9,119	33,857
#3,894	Gingerich	9,117	33,865
#3,895	Forster	9,116	33,869
#3,896	Olivera	9,108	33,898
#3,897	Melgar	9,106	33,906

Who is named Knudsen

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

94% of people named Knudsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knudsens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Knudsens come mostly from Norway (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knudsen

Knudsen has the Soundex code K532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K532.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knudsen come from?: Knudsen is Danish in origin.
How common is the surname Knudsen?: 9,104 people in the United States had the surname Knudsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,913 Americans. It ranked 3,898th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knudsen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Knudsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knudsen?: Gunnar Knudsen, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928), followed by Peggy Knudsen.
Where is the surname Knudsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Knudsen in Norway and the United States.
Is the surname Knudsen getting more or less common?: More common. 8,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,104 in 2010, up 2.6%.