Derksen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic surname; suffix -sen with multiple family-name bases, especially -s/-en patronymics
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdɝksən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Derksen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- RURussia≈1 in 195Kas Дерксен(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 2.6K
- NONorway1 in 83K
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 Derksen 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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 97 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
6,771 people, 2007
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Дерксен in RU Russia, US United States, KZ Kazakhstan and 2 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 surname; suffix -sen with multiple family-name bases, especially -s/-en patronymics.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Derksen 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 6,771 | 1 in 2.6K | 6.8K | Derksen | 2 |
| US United States | 749 | 1 in 444K | 978 | Дерксен | 1 |
| RU Russia | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 195K | — | Дерксен | 97 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 153K | — | Дерксен | 24 |
| UA Ukraine | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 577K | — | Дерксен | 19 |
| NO Norway | 66 | 1 in 83K | 66 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 47 | 1 in 179K | 47 | — | — |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | Дерксен | 8 |
6,771 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Derksen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymic from Derk; -s- + -en formation (type -sen).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, zu ahd./altniederdt. gēr „Speer“, Rufname Ger-; patronymische -sen-Formen, auch Willemsen, Wilmsen, Hermsen, Berendsen, Gerritsen
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname aus dem Rufnamen Dietrich; niederdeutsche/ niederländische Varianten der Dietrich-Gruppe.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -sen; zu einem Rufnamen auf -k/-ke/-ker. 1302 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, aus dem Rufnamen derksen; Patronym mit -sen, zu einer niederländischen Kurzform
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)
- Piet Derksenb. 1913NLDutch businessman (1913-1996)
- Jan Derksenb. 1919NLDutch cyclist
- Johan Derksenb. 1949NLDutch journalist
- Brian Derksenb. 1951CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
- Rick Derksenb. 1964NLDutch linguist
- Duane Derksenb. 1968CACanadian ice hockey player
- Robert-Jan Derksenb. 1974NLprofessional golfer
- Geert-Jan Derksenb. 1975NLDutch rower
- Thomas Derksenb. 1988DEGerman entrepreneur in China
- Tim Derksenb. 1993USAmerican basketball player (1901-)
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 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 6.8K | #108 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 978 | #26,301 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 755 | #29,481 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 749 | #31,001 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 66 | #21,568 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 47 | #19,565 |
| US United States | wru 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
- What does the name Derksen mean, and where does it come from?
- Patronymic surname; suffix -sen with multiple family-name bases, especially -s/-en patronymics. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- How do you pronounce Derksen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɝksən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Derksen have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 6.8 thousand people named Derksen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled derksen.
- Where is Derksen most common?
- Derksen is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Derksen?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 6,771 people named Derksen in 2007, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/derksenThe 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, “Derksen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.