Hensen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymic from the personal names Hans or Heinrich
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhɛnsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hensen is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NLNetherlands
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymic from the personal names Hans or Heinrich.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Hensen 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 Johannes; 745 Träger (Hensen 629, Henßen 116).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronym, wohl zu Johannes konkurrierend; evtl. auch zu Hein-.
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)
- Victor Hensenb. 1835DEGerman zoologist (1835-1924)
- Antonius Hensenb. 1854NLDutch priest
- Alfred Hensenb. 1869DEGerman architect (1869–1931)
- Walter Hensenb. 1901DEGerman university teacher (1901-1973)
- Lous Hensenb. 1920NLDutch actress (1920-1994)
- Annemarie Hensenb. 1940SRbadminton player
- Jan LM Hensenb. 1953NLresearcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-7528-4234
- Henk Hensenb. 1961NLpolitician from the Netherlands
- Frans Hensenb. 1964NLNederlands; beeldhouwer; 1964-09-30; Tilburg
- Thierry Hensenb. 1989LULuxembourgian handball player
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 30 sources across 16 countries.
Reference works 4
- 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)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Hensen mean, and where does it come from?
- patronymic from the personal names Hans or Heinrich. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Hensen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɛnsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hensen have the most bearers?
- Hensen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hensen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.