Nansen is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nansen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nansen

How popular is Nansen?

Nansen is ranked 346397 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nansens plummeted by 1.142857 per cent to 173 since 2000 and slipped by 7175 spots and ranked at 103655. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.74 90.29
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 20.23 3.43
Others 9.25 3.43
Hispanic or Latino 2.89 2.86
Nansen is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Denmark have the last name. Around 813 people have been found who wears Nansen as their family name. Nansen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
240,218 Canada7
381,097 Ukraine4
11,342 Uruguay3
17,692 Armenia2
1,500,361 India2
91,784 Netherlands2
201,317 England2
319 Samoa2
54,641 Sweden2
20,595 China2
846 American Samoa1
172,258 Germany1
151,601 Spain1
50,549 Georgia1
6,212 Jamaica1
16,073 Latvia1
29,046 Japan1
472 Tonga1
3,350 Fiji1
25,746 Finland1
277,603 France1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,489 Australia43
257,310 Russia31
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Nansen:
92,990 United States247
21,011 Mexico157
4,517 Denmark133
6,819 Norway111
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Nansen Namesakes

  • Betty Nansen, Actress
  • Eigil Nansen, Odd Nansen's son
  • Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer
  • Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer
  • Eigil Nansen, Odd Nansen's son
  • Liv Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen's daughter
  • Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer
  • Odd Nansen, Architect
  • Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer
  • Fridtjof Nansen, Explorer

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