Nilsen is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 6 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Nilsen?

Nilsen is common in Norway.

Nilsen is ranked 11811 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nilsen bearers increased by 7.720207 per cent in 2010 US census to 4158 since 2000, the surname slipped by 5 spots and ranked at 7956. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.72 96.01
Hispanic or Latino 3.39 2.02
Others 1.39 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.62
Nilsen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Norway which signifies that it is originated from Norway. Around 45193 people have been found who wears Nilsen as their family name. Nilsen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
497,106 Indonesia8
6,072 China7
823,980 India6
184,212 France3
35,789 Turkey3
108,034 Italy3
89,020 Tanzania2
44,018 Poland2
13,552 Qatar2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
12,161 Wales2
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
26,532 Chile2
14,004 Hungary2
23,344 Austria2
10,395 Latvia2
28,232 Morocco2
10,190 Bahrain1
10,683 Cyprus1
15,162 Costa Rica1
50,549 Georgia1
24,771 Colombia1
28,746 Algeria1
8,181 Botswana1
2,190 Barbados1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
846 American Samoa1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
24,460 Armenia1
12,741 Ecuador1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
17,768 Pakistan1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,935 Madagascar1
36,814 Romania1
4,171 Rwanda1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
16,640 Hong Kong1
8,371 Syria1
444 Faroe Islands1
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,486 Estonia1
25,721 Egypt1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
109,969 Ukraine36
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
4,647 Thailand21
2,015 Iceland19
14,048 Ireland16
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
8,414 Finland85
13,957 Switzerland81
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Nilsen:
10,002 South Africa639
992 Denmark541
12,911 England462
7,087 Australia407
34,330 Germany303
13,787 Canada274
39,199 Philippines258
60,058 Russia226
16,059 Spain202
21,011 Mexico157
5,450 New Zealand140
24,962 Netherlands102
Countries with thousands of Nilsen:
7,039 United States5,436
684 Sweden1,544
13,460 Brazil1,002
Countries with ten thousands of Nilsen:
6 Norway32,905
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Nilsen Namesakes

  • Alleen Nilsen, Author
  • Spencer Nilsen, Music composer
  • Anders Nilsen, Cartoonist
  • Anders Nilsen, Songwriter
  • Anthon B. Nilsen, Businessman
  • Kjell Arild Nilsen, Author
  • Christine Colombo Nilsen, Soccer player
  • Christine Colombo Nilsen, Soccer player
  • Arne Nilsen, Politician
  • B. J. Nilsen, Musical Artist
  • In 1979, Inger Lise Nilsen characterized the role of Milly in family flick Mormor og de åtte ungene i skogen.

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