Håns

surname · Latin script

Håns is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. In Benin it is the 77th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 91(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 225
  • NONorway1 in 285

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

111,856 people

Sources
272 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 91 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hans in SE Sweden, NO Norway, US United States and 1 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(measured from records)

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Sources 8

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • A dictionary of surnames
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Where in the world(measured from records)

Håns 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 Håns is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden—111,8561 in 91112KHans32
DK Denmark—26,0861 in 22526K—2
NO Norway—19,1761 in 28544KHans33
US United States—17,5371 in 19K17KHans111
FI Finland—3,6581 in 1.5K7.3K—6
IS Iceland—1351 in 2.6K135——
BJ Benin#77———Hans11

111,856 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); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Håns under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Håns mean, and where does it come from?
From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
In which country does Håns have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 112 thousand people named Håns, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hans.
Where is Håns most common?
Håns is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 91 people carrying it.
How common is the name Håns?
In Sweden, the national register counted 111,856 people named Håns, about 1 in 91 residents.
How common is Håns compared with other names?
In Benin, Håns is the 77th most common given name of 2,017 given names 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, “Håns” — the 77th most common given name in Benin. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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