Poulsen is used as a family name or surname in Denmark. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Poulsen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Denmark
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Poulsen

How popular is Poulsen?

Poulsen is common in Denmark.

Poulsen is ranked 12464 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Poulsens grew by 9.24204 per cent to 3877 since 2000 and ranked 8496 after elevating 49 spots. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.09 95.27
Hispanic or Latino 3.07 2.34
Others 1.26 0.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.9
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.25
Black 0.23 0.37
Poulsen is quite popular family name mostly used in Denmark while Faroe Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 42623 people have been found who wears Poulsen as their family name. Poulsen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
244,758 Ukraine10
4,742 China9
101,066 Zimbabwe5
6,270 Hong Kong3
4,164 Vietnam2
20,837 Venezuela2
723,167 Indonesia2
14,408 Uruguay2
4,302 Benin2
3,014 Taiwan2
20,186 Kenya2
900 Laos2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
14,004 Hungary2
28,083 Romania2
53,033 Nigeria1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,820 Angola1
123,175 Tanzania1
28,746 Algeria1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
1,704,541 India1
1,879 Belize1
9,116 Nicaragua1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
13,447 Uganda1
11,923 Slovenia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
11,486 Estonia1
24,176 Qatar1
18,969 Wales1
7,790 Zambia1
8,181 Botswana1
53,505 Turkey1
15,162 Costa Rica1
42,479 Greece1
16,228 Bulgaria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
33,012 Belgium45
297,046 Russia25
1,555 Iceland25
11,387 Ireland22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,739 Netherlands89
29,238 Spain86
15,572 Switzerland72
6,953 Scotland72
4,526 Singapore71
16,172 Peru71
78,184 Italy67
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Poulsen:
5,820 Canada744
1,522 Sweden660
4,597 Australia654
1,066 Norway531
14 Greenland501
23,918 Germany437
14,737 England393
17,476 South Africa347
18,962 Argentina284
39,199 Philippines258
4,076 Chile252
40,824 France245
3,888 New Zealand196
19,046 Mexico183
4,584 Finland169
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Poulsen:
7,657 United States4,936
5 Faroe Islands1,193
Countries with ten thousands of Poulsen:
17 Denmark29,675
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Poulsen Namesakes

    Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
  • Aage Poulsen, Actor
  • Karen Poulsen, Film actress
  • Asta Riis Poulsen, Actress
  • Michael Poulsen, Vocalist
  • Michael Poulsen, Vocalist
  • Emil Poulsen Dam, Actor
  • Valdemar Poulsen, Engineer
  • Michael Poulsen, Vocalist
  • Maria Poulsen, Curler
  • Christian Poulsen, Soccer player
  • Anne Sofie Smed Poulsen played critical role of Victoria in 2017 comedy, drama flick Ufrivillig.

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