Carlén

surname · Latin script

/kal`e:n/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Carlén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 458K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 6.2K
  • BZBelize≈1 in 30K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

1,638 people

Sources
197 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Carlen in US United States, SE Sweden, GB United Kingdom and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Carlén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Carlén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden1,6381 in 6.2K1.6KCarlen35
US United States7261 in 458K824Carlen197
CH Switzerland2221 in 38K222Carlen22
FR France≈190 est.≈1 in 367K31—2
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 539K—Carlen39
FI Finland461 in 121K46—1
NO Norway421 in 130K42—2
BZ Belize≈13 est.≈1 in 30K—Carlen1

1,638 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population), counting the spelling carlén. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Carlén is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United Kingdom

    Also written Carlen

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Carlen

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Sweden

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Carlen, Carlèn

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Sweden

    Also written Carlen

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Also written Carlen

  • Danish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark

    Also written Carlen

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Also written Carlen

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Carlen

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Johan Gabriel Carlén, b. 1814Richard Carlén, b. 1821Octavia Carlén, b. 1828Rosa Carlén, b. 1836Eduard Carlén, b. 1866Erik Carlén, b. 1906Per Carlén, b. 1960Anders Carlén, b. 1978Hilda Carlén, b. 1991Adam Carlén, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalBästa fru Carlén,Dear Ms Carlén, (English)
InformalHej Carlén,Hi Carlén, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Carlén
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—1.6K#620
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—46#24,295

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Carlén?
A machine transcription gives /kal`e:n/ (IPA) for Swedish.
In which country does Carlén have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Carlén, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carlen.
Where is Carlén most common?
Carlén is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Carlén?
In Sweden, the national register counted 1,638 people named Carlén, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carlén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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