Christiansen is used as a family name or surname in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark. It is 12 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Christiansen
No. of characters: 12
Origin: Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark
Meaning:

Christiansen is the variant form of Christensen. The son of Christian meaning "follower of Christ".

The son of Christian meaning "follower of Christ".

How popular is Christiansen?

Christiansen is common in Denmark, United States, Germany, Norway, Canada, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, England, Argentina, Faroe Islands, Thailand, Greenland, France, Chile, Ecuador, Spain.

Christiansen is ranked 7069 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Christiansen bearers increased by 3.56 per cent in 2010 US census to 19340 since 2000, the surname slipped by 94 spots and ranked at 1854. The last name was found in around 7 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.69 95.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.82 1.61
Others 1.37 1.09
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.95 0.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.53
Black 0.44 0.24
Christiansen is quite popular family name mostly used in Denmark however Faroe Islands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 80370 people have been found who wears Christiansen as their family name. Christiansen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Christiansen:
16 Denmark28,837
1,616 United States27,954
956 Germany10,542
Countries with thousands of Christiansen:
93 Norway4,466
2,859 Canada1,779
2,428 Australia1,560
843 Sweden1,056
Countries with hundreds of Christiansen:
1,092 New Zealand697
11,549 England497
7,301 Argentina494
26 Faroe Islands339
49,813 Thailand244
56 Greenland218
56,030 France176
3,808 Chile174
6,376 Ecuador146
22,576 Spain111
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
96,143 Indonesia94
72,502 Brazil91
2,406 Estonia88
50,359 South Africa77
12,618 Switzerland65
1,516 Luxembourg62
29,670 Japan55
10,499 Finland53
780 Iceland52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
44,158 Netherlands39
8,524 Scotland38
18,060 Peru36
16,759 Venezuela26
10,313 Singapore26
43,235 Austria20
1,289 Malta18
16,023 Qatar16
74,511 Malaysia16
112,031 Poland14
192,576 Philippines14
107,811 Italy13
5,995 China12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
394,810 Russia10
43,480 Mexico10
10,839 Northern Ireland8
19,671 Wales8
86,362 Greece8
98,400 Belgium7
5,127 Honduras7
4,885 Nicaragua6
75,466 Israel6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl Christiansen worked as painter and hailed from Schleswig, See Schleswig Holstein (130). Of unknown age embarked for USA from Hamburg on Rhein and arrived on April 15, 1851. Tailor Joh. Christiansen, B. Christiansen, aged 30, Caroline Christiansen, Seaman J.N. Christiansen, Sophie Christiansen, Magdal. Christiansen, aged 29, 50 years old J. Christiansen, Ida Christiansen (28), Anna Christiansen, and 1079 other Christiansen around 35.08% of whom were farmer while others worked as seaman and merchant, daughter, laborer, matron, smith, carpenter, mechanic, servant, shoemaker, spinster, butcher, clerk, miner, engineer, mason, joiner, sailor, cigar maker, gentleman, tourist, miller migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg and Hamburg & Southampton.

Christiansen Namesakes

  • Kim Christiansen, Norwegian snowboarder
  • Ragnar Christiansen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Jan Fredrik Christiansen, was principal trumpeter with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rune Christiansen, Norwegian poet and novelist
  • Lauritz Christiansen, Norwegian sailor
  • Wilbur Norman Christiansen, at the Potts Hill Radiophysics field station
  • Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of the Danish construction toy company The Lego Group
  • Arthur Christiansen, British journalist
  • Jack Christiansen, American football player and coach
  • Larry Christiansen, chess Grandmaster
  • F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor
  • Jesper Christiansen, Danish professional footballer
  • Thomas Christiansen, retired footballer who played as a striker
  • Christian Christiansen, Danish physicist
  • Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, managing director of The Lego Group
  • B. S. Christiansen, former professional soldier
  • Kerry Ann Christiansen, British actress
  • Carl Emil Christiansen, Danish football player
  • Friedrich Christiansen, World War I German seaplane ace
  • Kaj Christiansen, Danish football player and manager
  • Keith Christiansen, professional ice hockey player

Christiansen Namesakes

  • Kim Christiansen, Norwegian snowboarder
  • Ragnar Christiansen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Jan Fredrik Christiansen, was principal trumpeter with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rune Christiansen, Norwegian poet and novelist
  • Lauritz Christiansen, Norwegian sailor
  • Wilbur Norman Christiansen, at the Potts Hill Radiophysics field station
  • Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of the Danish construction toy company The Lego Group
  • Arthur Christiansen, British journalist
  • Jack Christiansen, American football player and coach
  • Larry Christiansen, chess Grandmaster
  • F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor
  • Jesper Christiansen, Danish professional footballer
  • Thomas Christiansen, retired footballer who played as a striker
  • Christian Christiansen, Danish physicist
  • Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, managing director of The Lego Group
  • B. S. Christiansen, former professional soldier
  • Kerry Ann Christiansen, British actress
  • Carl Emil Christiansen, Danish football player
  • Friedrich Christiansen, World War I German seaplane ace
  • Kaj Christiansen, Danish football player and manager
  • Keith Christiansen, professional ice hockey player

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