Håkansson

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic

Håkansson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 747(measured from records)
  • BJBenin≈1 in 10K
  • DKDenmark1 in 15K

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)

13,649 people

Sources
93 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 747 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hakansson in BJ Benin.

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(measured from records)

a surname originating as a patronymic

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Håkansson 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 Håkansson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#6813,6491 in 74714KHåkansson76
BJ Benin#321≈1,300 est.≈1 in 10K—Hakansson2
DK Denmark—3901 in 15K390Håkansson32
NO Norway—2161 in 25K216Håkansson15
FI Finland—2021 in 28K202Håkansson3

13,649 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Håkansson is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Hákansson, Hâkansson, Hakansson, Häkansson, Hakånsson

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Hakansson

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway

    Also written Hakansson

  • Icelandic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Hakansson

30 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)

1850190019502000Gustaf Håkansson, b. 1885Knut Håkanson, b. 1887Stig Håkansson, b. 1918Olle Håkansson, b. 1927Kicki Håkansson, b. 1929Per Olof Håkansson, b. 1941Ola Håkansson, b. 1945Anders Håkansson, b. 1956Gabriella Håkansson, b. 1968Jesper Håkansson, b. 1981

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Håkansson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—14K#48
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—390#1,160
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—216#7,253
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—202#7,412
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—55—

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)

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

What does the name Håkansson mean, and where does it come from?
a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Håkansson have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Håkansson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled håkansson.
Where is Håkansson most common?
Håkansson is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 747 people carrying it.
How common is the name Håkansson?
In Sweden, the national register counted 13,649 people named Håkansson, about 1 in 747 residents.
How common is Håkansson compared with other names?
In Sweden, Håkansson is the 68th most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Håkansson” — the 68th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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