Andersen () is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name "Ανδρέας/Andreas", cf. English Andrew). It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.2% of the population. From the same root – the given name Andreas – derives the surname Andreasen (cognate Andreassen) and Andresen . The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway (2009): Persons with the name Andersen Adda Husted Andersen (1898–1990), Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), American-Danish organist and composer Aksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematician Alex Høgh Andersen (born 1994), Danish actor Alf Andersen (1906–1975), Norwegian ski jumper Alf Andersen (musician), Norwegian flautist Alsing Emanuel Andersen (1893–1962), Danish politician Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006), Danish politician André Andersen (born 1961), Russian-Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer Anja Andersen (born 1969), Danish handball coach and former handball player. Arthur E. Andersen (1885–1947), founder of the eponymous former auditing, tax and consulting firm Arvid Andersen (1909–1970), Danish composer Benny Andersen (1929–2018), Danish composer Bridgette Andersen (1975–1997), American child actress Børge Andersen (1934–1993), Danish chess player Carl Albert Andersen (1876-1951), Norwegian pole vaulter Chris Andersen (born 1978), American basketball player Daniel Andersen (1885–1959), Danish composer David Andersen (born 1980), Australian basketball player Derek Andersen, American DJ Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963) American physician, pediatrician, pathologist, identifier of cystic fibrosis Elisabeth Andersen (1920–2018), stage name for the Dutch actress Anna Elisabeth de Bruijn Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician Eric Andersen (born 1943), American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen (artist) (born 1940), Danish artist Erik Andersen (disambiguation), several people Eyvin Andersen (1914–1968), Danish composer Francis Andersen (born 1925), Australian scholar of Biblical Hebrew Frederik Andersen (born 1989), Danish ice hockey goaltender Fritz Andersen (1829–1910), Danish composer Hakon Andersen (1875–1959), Danish composer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish playwright and author Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), Danish shipping magnate, businessman and founder of the East Asiatic Company Hjalmar Andersen (1923–2013), Norwegian speed skater James Roy Andersen (1904-1945), A United States Army Air Forces General Joachim Andersen (composer) (1847–1909), Danish flutist, conductor and composer Joachim Andersen (footballer) (born 1996) Danish footballer Johanne Andersen (women's rights activist) (1862–1925), Danish women's rights activists Johannes Andersen (musician) (1890–1980), Danish composer Kai Normann Andersen (1900–1967), Danish composer Kenneth Andersen, Norwegian player of American football and a member of the Eidsvoll 1814s Kim Andersen