Christenson

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈkɹɪstɪnsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Christenson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 31K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 105as Kristensen
  • NONorway1 in 416as Kristensen

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Christenson itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

55,775 named Kristensen

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
390 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ChristensonLatin(measured from records)
คริสเตนเซ่นThai(measured from records)
ΚριστενσενGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kristensen in DK Denmark, NO Norway, SE Sweden 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Christenson 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 Christenson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DK Denmark#1355,775as Kristensen1 in 10556KKristensen217
NO Norway#4113,128as Kristensen1 in 41613KKristensen92
US United States—10,7071 in 31K11KChristenson390
EG Egypt—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 71K—Christenson3
SE Sweden#2791,387as Kristensen1 in 7.4K1.4KKristensen57
GL Greenland#4511as Kristensen1 in 113511Kristensen16
IS Iceland—≈42 est.≈1 in 8.3K1Christenson8

55,775 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); Statistics Greenland — Surnames (NAXT1); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Christenson is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кристенсон, Kristenson

42 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)

1850190019502000Chris Christenson, b. 1875Irma Christenson, b. 1915Larry Christenson, b. 1928Barbro Christenson, b. 1950Larry Christenson, b. 1953Eric Alston Christenson, b. 1956Ryan Christenson, b. 1974Rachel Christenson, b. 1983Micah Christenson, b. 1993

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)

FormalDear Christenson,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Christenson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201011K#3,346
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200011K#3,139
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202010K#3,480
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—295#3,014
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—98#15,523
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—9#44,493
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

How do you pronounce Christenson?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹɪstɪnsən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Christenson have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 56 thousand people named Kristensen, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Christenson?
In the United States, the national register counted 10,707 people named Christenson in 2010, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
How common is Christenson compared with other names?
In Denmark, Christenson is the 13th most common surname of 88,366 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, “Christenson” — the 13th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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