Larsén

surname · Latin script

Larsén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Norway it is the 5th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Originally a patronymic from Lars + -sen.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 52(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 57
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 1.6K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈140,000 people, est.

Sources
490 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 52 (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

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 Larsen in US United States, DK Denmark, NO Norway and 4 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)

Originally a patronymic from Lars + -sen.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Larsén 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 Larsén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈140,000 est.≈1 in 10K—Larsen15
NO Norway#5104,4991 in 52104KLarsen156
DK Denmark#7102,2871 in 57102KLarsen252
US United States#48455,9601 in 5.9K56KLarsen490
CA Canada#454≈7,300 est.≈1 in 5.1K1Larsen176
TN Tunisia#83≈7,300 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Larsen5
SE Sweden#1733,9551 in 2.6K4KLarsen84
GL Greenland—9271 in 62927—19

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; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Greenland — Surnames (NAXT1). 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)

Larsén is also recorded as 7 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 United States, Norway, Finland, Sweden

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Larsen

  • a separate surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Larsen, Larsèn, Lársen

  • Thai surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Norway, Laos

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Larsen, ลาร์เซ่น, ลาร์เซน, Lasen, ลาร์เซ็น

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Larsen

  • Spanish surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, France

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

    Also written Larsen, Larsèn, Lársén, Lársen

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Norway, United Kingdom

    Also written Larsen

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Norway

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Larsen, Ларсен, Ларсена, Ларсэн

3 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)

186018801900192019401960Gustaf Anton Larsén, b. 1870Gunnar Larsén, b. 1915Ann-Mari Larsén, b. 1920Carlhåkan Larsén, b. 1938Åke Larsén, b. 1943

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 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Larsén
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—406#2,245
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#69,998

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Larsén mean, and where does it come from?
Originally a patronymic from Lars + -sen. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
In which country does Larsén have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 138 thousand people named Larsén in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled larsen.
Where is Larsén most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Larsén is densest in Norway — about 1 in 52 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Larsén?
In Norway, the national register counted 104,499 people named Larsén, about 1 in 52 residents.
How common is Larsén compared with other names?
In Norway, Larsén is the 5th most common surname of 90,139 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, “Larsén” — the 5th most common surname in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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