Scavenius

surname · Latin script

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

Scavenius is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 67K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 67K
  • SESweden1 in 3.4M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

87 people

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 67K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Scavenius 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 Scavenius is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DK Denmark871 in 67K87——
NO Norway821 in 67K82——
SE Sweden31 in 3.4M3——
FR France———Scavenius23

87 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: 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Peder Lauridsen Scavenius, b. 1623Jacob Brønnum Scavenius, b. 1749Peder Brønnum Scavenius, b. 1795Jacob Scavenius, b. 1838Harald Scavenius, b. 1873Erik Scavenius, b. 1877Alice Scavenius, b. 1904Bente Scavenius, b. 1944Alette Scavenius, b. 1952Theresa Scavenius, b. 1984

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)

FormalKære fru Scavenius,Dear Ms Scavenius, (English)
InformalHej Scavenius,Hi Scavenius, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Scavenius
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—87#6,269
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—82#18,283
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—3#67,360

Reference works 3

  • 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

How do you pronounce Scavenius?
A machine transcription gives /ssæʋənius/ (IPA) for Danish.
In which country does Scavenius have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 87 people named Scavenius, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Scavenius most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Scavenius is densest in Norway — about 1 in 67 thousand people — even though Denmark holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Scavenius?
In Denmark, the national register counted 87 people named Scavenius, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.

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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, “Scavenius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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