Nelsén

surname · Latin script

Nelsén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: patronymic from Nelis.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 49K(measured from records)
  • CACanada≈1 in 63K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 86K

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.

United States (measured from records)

6,825 people, 2010

Sources
337 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark, est.

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 Nelsen in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 7 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)

patronymic from Nelis.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nelsén 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 Nelsén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—6,8251 in 49K6.8KNelsen337
GB United Kingdom—≈770 est.≈1 in 86K41Nelsen36
IT Italy—≈720 est.≈1 in 87K1Nelsen4
CA Canada—≈600 est.≈1 in 63K—Nelsen41
EG Egypt—≈600 est.≈1 in 174K—Nelsen3
DK Denmark—≈380 est.≈1 in 16K—Nelsen16
JO Jordan—≈190 est.≈1 in 57K—Nelsen1
IE Ireland—≈140 est.≈1 in 38K—Nelsen3
IS Iceland—≈21 est.≈1 in 17K—Nelsen1
AG Antigua & Barbuda#259———Nelsen1

6,825 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)

Nelsén is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Nelsen, Nelsën

  • Bangla surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Nelsen

2 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nelsén 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 Nelsén mean, and where does it come from?
patronymic from Nelis. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Nelsén have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 6.8 thousand people named Nelsén, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nelsen.
How common is the name Nelsén?
In the United States, the national register counted 6,825 people named Nelsén in 2010, about 1 in 49 thousand residents.
How common is Nelsén compared with other names?
In Antigua & Barbuda, Nelsén is the 259th most common surname of 30,187 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, “Nelsén” — the 259th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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