Hanser
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hanser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 60K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 641K
- ATAustria≈1 in 15K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hanser 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Hanser | 88 |
| FR France | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 105K | 80 | — | 4 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Hanser | 42 |
| US United States | — | 519 | 1 in 641K | 647 | Hanser | 171 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 388K | — | Hanser | 7 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 121 | 1 in 69K | 121 | Hanser | 16 |
| SE Sweden | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Hanser | 12 |
| NR Nauru | #158 | — | — | — | Hanser | 1 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Hanser 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, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Hans/Johann; keine Bearerzahl auf dieser Seite.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Obd. Patronym zu Hans < Johannes; typisch für -er-Suffixe in Familiennamen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymische Suffixbildung (Vergleichsform zu -mann); Bearer count: 584.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Hans; Bildung mit -er. Bearer count: 584.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronym zu Hans mit patronymischem -er-Suffix; 544 Träger.
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)
- Adolf Hanserb. 1858DEGerman architect
- Carl Hanserb. 1901DEGerman publisher (1901-1985)
- Anders Hanserb. 1945SESwedish photographer
- Görel Johnsenb. 1949SEnot in their usual nameSwedish record producer (1949–2026)
- Steven E. Hanserresearcher
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 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 647 | #37,075 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 541 | #38,464 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 519 | #41,886 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 133 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 122 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 121 | #9,521 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 106 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 97 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 80 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 80 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 78 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 67 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Hanser mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen.
- In which country does Hanser have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Hanser in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hanser.
- How common is the name Hanser?
- In the United States, the national register counted 519 people named Hanser in 2010, about 1 in 641 thousand residents.
- How common is Hanser compared with other names?
- In Nauru, Hanser is the 158th most common surname of 1,280 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hanserThe 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, “Hanser” — the 158th most common surname in Nauru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.