How common is the last name Andersen?

36,548 people in the United States have the last name Andersen, about 1 in 8,178. It ranks #936 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ANDERSEN

#936

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,548
About
1 in 8,178
This common or more
39%
Who bears it

Of the 36,548 people with the last name Andersen, 90.7% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Andersen

#934 Best · 36,602#935 Crane · 36,578#937 Blanchard · 36,521#938 Levy · 36,499

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Andersen, most common first.

#15 Anderson · 756,560#2,393 Anders · 14,889#8,898 Andresen · 3,531#10,146 Anderton · 3,028#11,742 Andreasen · 2,552#15,858 Andersson · 1,769#37,959 Anderle · 629#43,946 Andren · 528

Also a first name

As a first name, Andersen ranks #11,956 of 53,615, with 1,056 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 70 births. See Andersen as a first name

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