Carlsen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɑɹɫsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Carlsen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 80th most common surname.
- DKDenmark1 in 869(measured from records)
- NONorway1 in 1K
- USUnited States1 in 77K
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.
- Denmark (measured from records)
- Sources
- 316 (measured from records)
- 1 in 869 (inferred from the name graph)
6,755 people
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Carlsen 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | #80 | 6,755 | 1 in 869 | 6.8K | Carlsen | 138 |
| NO Norway | #103 | 5,360 | 1 in 1K | 5.4K | Carlsen | 87 |
| US United States | — | 4,343 | 1 in 77K | 4.3K | Carlsen | 316 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Carlsen | 1 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Carlsen | 7 |
| SE Sweden | — | 311 | 1 in 33K | 311 | Carlsen | 29 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 29K | listed | Carlsen | 5 |
6,755 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Carlsen is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Karl mit -sen; auch skandinavisch möglich, Bearer count: 226.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymisch zu Rufname Karl, mit -sen; 226 Belege
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elling Carlsenb. 1819NONorwegian sailor
- Emil Carlsenb. 1848USDanish/American artist (1848-1932)
- Lalla Carlsenb. 1889NONorwegian actor and singer (1889-1967)
- Carsten Carlsenb. 1892NONorwegian musician (1892-1961)
- Kurt Carlsenb. 1914DKDanish sailor
- Henning Carlsenb. 1927DKDanish film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor (1927-2014)
- Agnete Carlsenb. 1971NOassociation football player
- Kenneth Carlsenb. 1973DKDanish tennis player
- Nadim Carlsenb. 1984DKDanish cinematographer
- Magnus Carlsenb. 1990NONorwegian chess player (born 1990)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Carlsen mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Carlsen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑɹɫsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Carlsen have the most bearers?
- In Denmark, the national register counted about 6.8 thousand people named Carlsen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carlsen.
- Where is Carlsen most common?
- Carlsen is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 869 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Carlsen?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 6,755 people named Carlsen, about 1 in 869 residents.
- How common is Carlsen compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Carlsen is the 80th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/carlsenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Carlsen” — the 80th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.