Svendsen is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Svendsen
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Norway
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Svendsen

How popular is Svendsen?

Svendsen is common in Norway.

Svendsen is ranked 18213 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Svendsen bearers increased by 4.711317 per cent in 2010 US census to 2267 since 2000, the surname slipped by 456 spots and ranked at 13438. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.44 95.38
Hispanic or Latino 1.99 1.8
Black 1.28 1.2
Others 0.97 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.28
Svendsen is quite popular family name mostly used in Denmark while Norway is ahead in terms of density. Around 28681 people have been found who wears Svendsen as their family name. Svendsen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,438 China5
114,007 Czech Republic4
2,967 Vietnam3
26,321 Israel3
65,594 Belgium2
18,718 Thailand2
4,104 South Korea2
21,529 Singapore2
26,532 Chile2
14,004 Hungary2
41,879 Turkey2
7,299 Estonia2
23,344 Austria2
9,591 Panama1
15,162 Costa Rica1
50,549 Georgia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
42,479 Greece1
31,207 Ireland1
1,254 Gibraltar1
7,941 Guatemala1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
17,575 Kuwait1
24,460 Armenia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,176 Qatar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
24,771 Colombia1
5,916 Mozambique1
17,768 Pakistan1
25,746 Finland1
16,073 Latvia1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,378 Iceland29
36,547 Switzerland27
14,963 Scotland26
69,202 Netherlands18
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78 Greenland100
29,679 Spain84
57,588 Argentina75
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Svendsen:
1,446 Sweden696
17,127 Germany605
10,509 Canada375
6,781 Sri Lanka261
39,199 Philippines258
21,369 England242
13,159 Australia208
60,164 Brazil159
35,546 South Africa146
6,646 New Zealand111
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Svendsen:
12,080 United States2,934
Countries with ten thousands of Svendsen:
42 Denmark11,526
30 Norway10,571
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Svendsen Namesakes

  • Louise Averill Svendsen, Author
  • Be Svendsen, Musical Artist
  • Stein Berge Svendsen, Film Score Composer
  • Birgitte Victoria Svendsen, Actress
  • Birgitte Svendsen, Musical Artist
  • Linda Svendsen, Screenwriter
  • Dian Seslar Svendsen, Author
  • Fatima Svendsen, Actress
  • Fatima Svendsen, Actress
  • Ole Svendsen, Boxer
  • Victoria Haugen Svendsen, from 2017 comedy movie Årets Medarbeider, who characterized Linda.

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